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Academic Year 2004/2005
Arts in America
AMST 154 FA
This course is a study of selected works of architecture, fiction, film, music, painting, photography, poetry, and sculpture of the people of the United States. Three representative artists will be chosen for each
area.
The course is a survey, not a complete history. What makes a piece American? What can parallels and exchanges between one art and another tell us about the culture? How does the culture inform individual works and
their
artists? How has America's attitude toward arts and artists affected their development?
MAJOR READINGS
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (play), O'Neill, Faulkner, Twain, Dickinson, Whitman, Joplin, Ives, W.E. duBois, Jefferson, Emerson, Jazz; films of Keaton, Ford, Eastwood.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Midterm hour test, library exercise, final examination (take-home).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Course fee: $45. Movie showing outside class time (M approx. 4:30-6:30, TBA): Special arrangements for athletes announced at first class. Light reading, heavy contact time. Attendance is required: after two absences I
send you a warning note, after
three I drop you from the course. Movies (unless other arrangement has been made for athletes) are a required class. The course is graded A-F; all written work must be typed (it will not be read if it is not) and must
be submitted on time; there are no
incompletes in this course. All grades (except for calculation error) are final.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-21-2005
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