Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Fall 2017 - HUM 309 D100

Literatures and the Arts Across Cultures (4)

Class Number: 4425

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Thu, 1:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 15, 2017
    Fri, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    45 units.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An interdisciplinary study of literary texts in translation and/or art forms across cultures and periods. Students with credit for HUM 381 or 382 under this topic may not take this course for further credit. Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:

Following the Industrial Revolution, Europe witnessed vast social, philosophical and scientific developments, accompanied by fundamental cultural transformation. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the arts and literature rejected past traditions and emphasized change and innovation. Writers and poets developed literary techniques to match the new realities of the time while the visual arts challenged Renaissance techniques of representation. It remains to be seen whether any innovations as drastic have taken place since. We will look at artistic movements such as, e.g., Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism and Expressionism and read literature from the early decades of the century. We will consider formal characteristics as well as the historical and social context. Class sessions will include slide and video/DVD presentations; short lectures; student presentations and class discussion.

Grading

  • Midterm and final exam 40%
  • Reading journal 40%
  • One collaborative creative project and presentation 20%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Walther Ingo et al, Art of the 20th century, Taschen.

Kafka, The Metamorphosis and other Stories, Dover Thrift Editions: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5200/5200-h/5200-h.htm

Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Modern Library

Freud, On Dreams, Norton.

Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, Broadview Press.
     
Selected essays, manifestos and poetry

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