SYLLABUS
Class dates, required readings and external events are listed below. Reading dates are subject to change if necessary to accommodate speakers and/or arts events. Additional readings and/or events may be added. NB Click the author-link to view images related to the reading. |
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JANUARY 16 |
TUESDAY |
INTRODUCTION |
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JANUARY 18 |
THURSDAY |
SOPHOCLES, OEDIPUS TYRANNUS |
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JANUARY 21 |
SUNDAY |
1:45 pm:
OEDIPUS
TYRANNUS 120 DeBartolo |
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JANUARY 23 |
TUESDAY |
9:15 am:
FIRST PROJECT, PART A, due |
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JANUARY 23 |
TUESDAY |
PLATO, REPUBLIC
Books II & III, 377e-392c |
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JANUARY 25 |
THURSDAY |
PLATO,
REPUBLIC Book III, 392c-403c, Book X, 595a - 607d |
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JANUARY 30 |
TUESDAY |
PLATO,
ION |
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FEBRUARY 1 |
THURSDAY |
PLATO,
SOPHOCLES |
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FEBRUARY 5 |
MONDAY |
5 pm:
FIRST PROJECT, PART B, due |
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FEBRUARY 6 |
TUESDAY |
ARISTOTLE, POETICS chs. 1 - 11 |
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FEBRUARY 7 |
WEDNESDAY |
5
pm: latest time FIRST PROJECT, PART B, will be accepted |
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FEBRUARY 8 |
THURSDAY |
ARISTOTLE, POETICS chs. 12 - 22 |
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FEBRUARY 13 |
TUESDAY |
ARISTOTLE, POETICS chs. 23 - 26 ARCHILOCHOS, POEMS |
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FEBRUARY 15 |
THURSDAY |
ARISTOTLE,
SOPHOCLES |
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FEBRUARY 20 |
TUESDAY |
BELL, "The Aesthetic Hypothesis" |
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FEBRUARY 22 |
THURSDAY |
5 pm:
FIRST PROJECT, PART C, due |
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| FEBRUARY 22 |
THURSDAY |
ZIFF, "Anything Viewed" |
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FEBRUARY 23 |
FRiDAY |
9 am:
latest time FIRST PROJECT, PART C, will be accepted |
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FEBRUARY 27 |
TUESDAY |
WILDE, "The New Aesthetics" |
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FEBRUARY 28 |
WEDNESDAY |
11:30
pm: SECOND PROJECT, PART A, due |
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MARCH 1 |
THURSDAY |
REQUIEM, Snite Museum SAGOFF, "On the Aesthetic and Economic Value of Art" |
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MARCH 6 |
TUESDAY |
SAGOFF, "On the Aesthetic and Economic Value of Art" DECADANCE |
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MARCH 6 |
TUESDAY |
DECADANCE vs THE FIREBIRD 7:30 pm, Decio Mainstage, DPAC |
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MARCH 8 |
THURSDAY |
no
class |
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MARCH 10- 18 |
MID-SEMESTER
BREAK |
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MARCH 20 |
TUESDAY |
DECADANCE
vs
THE FIREBIRD |
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MARCH 21 |
WEDNESDAY |
noon:
SECOND PROJECT, PART B Due |
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MARCH 22 |
THURSDAY |
GEERTZ, "Art as a Cultural
System" |
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MARCH 22 |
THURSDAY | 9:30 am: last time SECOND PROJECT, PART B will be accepted | |
MARCH 27 |
TUESDAY |
GEERTZ |
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MARCH 29 |
THURSDAY | DAVIES, "Authenticity in
Musical
Performance" |
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APRIL 3 |
TUESDAY | BELL, "The Metaphysical Hypothesis" MILL, "What is Poetry?" |
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APRIL 5 |
THURSDAY |
TOLSTOY, "What is Art?" HOSPERS, "Art as Expression" |
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APRIL 6-9 |
EASTER
HOLIDAY |
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APRIL 10 |
TUESDAY | Mill, Tolstoy, Hospers GREEN, "Theater's Alive with the Sound of Laptops" |
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APRIL 12 |
THURSDAY |
BEARDSLEY,
"The Artist's Intention" |
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APRIL 17 |
TUESDAY | SCHAPIRO, "Diderot on the Artist and Society" | |
APRIL 18 |
WEDNESDAY |
THE THREEPENNY OPERA 7:30 pm, Decio Mainstage, DPAC |
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APRIL 19 |
THURSDAY |
9:15 am:
THIRD
PROJECT, PART A, due |
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APRIL 19 |
THURSDAY |
THE THREEPENNY OPERA |
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APRIL 24 |
TUESDAY |
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APRIL 26 |
THURSDAY |
Art? |
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MAY 1 |
TUESDAY |
LAST CLASS |
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MAY 4-6 |
FRIDAY-SUNDAY |
READING
DAYS |
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MAY 11 |
FRIDAY |
1 pm: latest time THIRD PROJECT, Part B, will be accepted |
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