Aug 20-24
Mon
Introduction, Syllabus
Wed
Edmund Burke, On the Sublime: Part I, Section VII (1747)
Image: Joseph M.W. Turner, Snow Storm — Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (1842)
Image: Joseph M.W. Turner, A Disaster at Sea (1834) [See also Detail]
Fri
In class: Set up WordPress blogs, Form Groups
Week 2
Aug 27-31
Mon
William Gilpin, Essay 1: “On Picturesque Beauty” (1794)
Image: William Gilpin, Scene Without Picturesque Adornment (1792)
Image: William Gilpin, Scene with Picturesque Adornment, 1792
Wed
Eddie Soloway, “Nature Photography Tips” (Kodak)
Peter Guttman, “Travel Photography Tips” (Kodak)
Fri
Bring 4-5 images of local scenery
References: Kodak’s “nature photography” tips and “top ten” tips
Week 3
Sep 3-7
Mon
Labor Day, No Class
Wed
Edmund Burke, On the Sublime, Part II, Sections I-VIII (1747)
Ann Radcliff, The Romance of the Forest: excerpt (1791)
Fri
Review Visual Artifacts and Essay
Week 4
Sep 10-14
Mon
Denis Diderot, “Regrets for My Old Dressing Gown” (1769)
Wed
Mary Robinson, “Ode to Beauty” (1791)
Mary Robinson, “The Old Beggar” (c. 1806)
Fri
Picturesque Photo Essay Due
Image: William Hogarth, Before (1730-31)
Image: William Hogarth, After (1731)
Week 5
Sep 17-21
Mon
Eliza Lynn Linton, “The Girl of the Period” (1868)
Image: Richard Redgrave, The Outcast (1851) VicWeb
Image: Augustus Leopold Egg, Past and Present, (1858) [No. 1, No. 2, No. 3]
Wed
Image: George Frederic Watts, Found Drowned (1848-50) VicWeb
Image: William Holman Hunt, The Awakening Conscience (1851-53)
Fri
Elizabeth Gaskell, Chapters I-VIII from Ruth (1853)
Week 6
Sep 24-28
Mon
William Acton, Prostitution (1857): Chapter VI, “A Modern Harlot’s Progress”
Wed
Thomas Hardy, “The Ruined Maid” (1866)
Image: John Leech, “The Great Social Evil” (1857)
Fri
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Jenny”
Image: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Found (c. 1853-59)
Week 7
Oct 1-5
Mon
Oscar Wilde, “The Harlot’s House”
Arthur Symons, “La Melinite: Moulin Rouge”
Wed
Bernard Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession (1894) (Acts 1 and 2)
Fri
Group Blog Self-Assessment Due.
Bernard Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession (1894) (Acts 3 and 4)
Week 8
Oct 8-12
Mon
Bernard Shaw, Mrs Warren’s Profession (1894)
Wed
Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market” (1862)
Midterm Grades Due
Fri
Christina Rossetti, “Goblin Market” (1862)
Illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1862)
Week 9
Oct 15-19
Mon [HYBRID]
BLOG: Select one of the texts from weeks 5-8. Choose a single word to analyze. Use the OED.com to assist you in looking at the many connotations of the word. Draft a brief analysis of the significance of this word in this text. (300 words). Due at midnight.
Wed
Arthur Symons, “Rodin,” Studies in Seven Arts (1907) [Read section I, skim the rest]
Sculpture: Auguste Rodin, The Kiss (1882)
Exhibit: Rodin, Flesh, and Marble Exhibit, Musee Rodin (2012-2013)
Fri [HYBRID]
BLOG: DIY Homework. Design your own homework assignment related to class projects and materials. Perform the homework, and then blog 300 words summarizing your work and analyzing its short- or long-term value. Due at midnight.
Week 10
Oct 22-26
Mon
Arthur Symons, “Eleanora Duse,” Studies in the Seven Arts (1907)
Charles Baudelaire, “Le Jeu” (1857) [Focus on the translation titled “Gambling”]
Wed
Arthur Symons, “Esther Kahn,” Spiritual Adventures (1908)
Fri [HYBRID]
BLOG: DIY Homework. Design your own homework assignment related to class projects and materials. Perform the homework, and then blog 300 words summarizing your work and analyzing its short- or long-term value. Due at midnight.
Week 11
Oct 29-Nov 2
Mon
Art Nouveau, 1890-1914
Image: Aubrey Beardsley, The Peacock Skirt (1892)
Image: Alphonse Mucha, Gismonda (1894)
Wed
Cubism: Overview
Image: Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907); MoMA Multimedia
Image: Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1910); Philadelphia Museum of Art
Image: Juan Gris, Portrait of Picasso (1912); Super High Resolution
Image: Georges Braque, Woman with a Guitar (1913)
Fri
Poem: Gertrude Stein, “Susie Asado”
Poem: Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons (1914) [Read segments from “Objects”]
Image: Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1906)
Week 12
Nov 5-Nov 9
Mon
Essay: Virginia Woolf, “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown”
Story: Virginia Woolf, “The Lady in the Looking-Glass”
Wed
Conferences
Fri
Gender and Media Study due
Week 13
Nov 12-16
Mon
Veteran’s Day, No Class
Wed
Introduction to Poster and Visual Design
Fri
Production of Posters
Week 14
Nov 19-23
Thanksgiving Holiday, No Classes
Week 15
Nov 26-30
Mon [HYBRID]
In lieu of class, draft at least one part of your final poster project. Post your draft as a blog entry.
Wed
Bring rough drafts of your two posters. In-class peer review.
Fri
Bring rough drafts of your two posters. In-class peer review.
Week 16
Dec 3-7
Mon
Bring rough drafts of your two posters. In-class peer review.
Wed
Print your posters (48 hours in advance of symposium) at the BUC.
Fri
Humanities Symposium, held in the Bundy Reading Room of Avery Hall, 9:30-11:30. Dress: Business Casual.
Individual Manifesto due. Submit link on Forum anytime between Dec 7-Dec 12 at midnight.
Dec 10-14
Final Exams: No traditional final exam for this class. The Group Poster project represents the culmination of your progress this semester.
Dec 18
Final Grades Due