AMST154

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AMST154

Arts in America AMST154 FA

Crosslistings: ARST110, ENGL180

Next Offered in 9899 FA

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 for each; survey, not history; sample, not coverage. 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? Lectures; library exercise; take-home hour test distributed in class; take-home final.

MAJOR READINGS

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN (play), O'Neill, Faulkner,
Twain, Dickinson, Whitman, Joplin, Ives, Jazz; films of
Keaton, 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 arrangement 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: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA ENGL

Prerequisites: None

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998

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