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Academic Year 2001/2002

Philosophy of the Arts: Theories of Painting and Mourning
COL 269 FA

The course will explore a range of 20th-century Western painting. We will read and discuss a handful of very recent essays that theorize contemporary painting according to the two related concepts of the psychoanalytic explanation of mourning and the literary figure of allegory. The challenge will be to judge to what extent the theories expand or even explain our visual experience of the paintings.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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