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Academic Year 2005/2006

Arts in America
AMST 154 SP
Crosslistings:
ENGL 180

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

Major Readings:
Uncle Tom's Cabin (play), O'Neill, Faulkner, Twain, Dickinson, Whitman, Joplin, Ives, Jazz; films of Griffith, Ford, Eastwood.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm hour test, library exercise, listening assignments; final examination (take-home).

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Course fee: $40. Movie showing outside class time (M approx. 4:30-6:30, Cinema): 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 arrangements has been made for athletes) are a required class. Two more special lectures will be held on Friday afternoons: attendance is required. 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 AMST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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