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Exploring The Humanities | |
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the Humanities: A Shining Beacon | |
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Overview of this Book | |
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Gifts of the Humanities | |
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Beauty | |
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Beautiful Movement | |
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Language | |
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Ideas | |
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Deeper Sense of the Past | |
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Becoming an "Infinite" Person | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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the Humanities and Critical Thinking | |
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Overview | |
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Apollonian and Dionysian Responses to the Humanities | |
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the Popcorn Syndrome | |
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Empathy and Alienation | |
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the Importance of Knowing when a Purely Emotional Response is Appropriate | |
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the Importance of Responding Critically | |
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Exercising the Mind | |
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Solving Problems | |
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Challenging Assumptions | |
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Recognizing Contexts | |
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A Guide to Critical Viewing: Professional and Personal | |
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Role of the Professional Critic | |
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the Personal Critical Response | |
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Literalists and Figuratists | |
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Literalist Speech | |
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Figuratist Speech | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Myth and the Origin of the Humanities | |
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Archetypes in Mythology | |
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the Hero as World Myth | |
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the Power of Words | |
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the Power of Numbers | |
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the Circle | |
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the Journey | |
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the Garden | |
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Gods as Human Beings | |
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Myth as Explanation | |
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Creation | |
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the Natural World | |
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Human Suffering | |
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Cursed by Fate | |
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Myths of Childhood | |
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How We Get Our values | |
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the Importance of Being Attractive and Rich | |
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the Importance of Names | |
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the Dark Side | |
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Popular Mythology | |
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Common Sayings | |
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How Myth Influences the Humanities | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Disciplines Of The Humanities | |
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Literature | |
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Literature as History | |
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the Basic Literary Impulse: Identity | |
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the First Epic: Gilgamesh | |
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An Early Masterpiece: Homer's Iliad | |
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Poetry | |
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Lyrical Poetry | |
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the Sonnet | |
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Metaphors and Conceits | |
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A Modern Love Sonnet | |
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Haiku | |
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Simple Forms, Profound Meaning: William Blake | |
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Religious Poetry | |
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Modernism Moves Forward: Emily Dickinson | |
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Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance | |
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Poetry in Our Time | |
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The Novel | |
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Early Western Novels | |
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the Novel in America | |
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the Coming-of-Age Novel | |
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The Short Story | |
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Magazine Fiction | |
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Epiphany | |
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the Short Story Today: John Updike | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Take a Closer Look: Collier's "The Chaser" | |
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Art | |
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The Need to Imitate | |
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Let Me See! | |
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Styles and Media | |
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Creating Likeness in Different Styles | |
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Classical Art | |
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Medieval Art | |
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Renaissance Art | |
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A Rebellion against Perfect Likeness | |
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Goya | |
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Impressionism | |
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Post-Impressionism: Van Gogh | |
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Art as Alternation | |
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the Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory Show, 1913 | |
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Cubism: Picasso and Braque | |
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Unreal Realism | |
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Superrealism | |
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Camera and Computer Art | |
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Pop Art | |
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Performance, Prank, and Installation Art | |
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Architecture | |
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Religious Architecture | |
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Secular Architecture | |
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Frank Lloyd Wright | |
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Frank O. Gehry | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Take a Closer Look: Kahlo's "Self-Portrait on the Border Between Mexico and the United States" | |
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Music | |
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The Basic Elements of Music | |
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Tone | |
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the Scale | |
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Rhythm | |
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Melody | |
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Harmony and the Orchestra | |
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Silence | |
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The Varieties of Musical Experience | |
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A Bach Fugue | |
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A Beethoven Symphony | |
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Art Songs | |
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Folk Songs | |
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the Spiritual | |
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Gospel Songs | |
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Ragtime, Jazz, Blues | |
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Popular Songs | |
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Hip-Hop | |
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Contemporary Non-Western Music | |
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the Musical Avant-Garde | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Take a Closer Look: DeBussy's "Clair de Lune" | |
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Theater | |
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Major Tragic and Serious Plays in Theater History | |
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Greek Classical Theater and Elizabethan Theater: A Comparison | |
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the Recognition Scene in Sophocles and Shakespeare | |
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Aristotle on the Nature of Tragedy | |
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Shakespeare and Dramatic Verse | |
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Neoclassic Tragedy | |
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Realism and Naturalism | |
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Modern Genres and Conventions | |
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Modern Tragedy | |
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Melodrama and Tragedy | |
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Comedy in Theatre History | |
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Satire | |
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Shakespeare's Comedy of Character | |
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Farce | |
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Contemporary Anti-Middle-Class Comedy | |
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Contemporary Serious Comedy | |
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Parody | |
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Theater of Ideas | |
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Ibsen | |
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Shaw | |
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Naturalism | |
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Chekov | |
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the Family Theme | |
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A Theatrical Century of Dynamic Change | |
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the Modern Theater of Ideas | |
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Theatre of Cruelty | |
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Racial Themes | |
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Gay Rights | |
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Backstage | |
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the Director | |
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Tablework | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Take a Closer Look: Miller's "Death of a Salesman" | |
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the Musical Stage: Opera, Music Drama, Dance | |
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Early History of Musical Theater | |
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Monteverdi | |
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Classical and Baroque Opera | |
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Mozart | |
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Verdi and Romantic Opera | |
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Wagner | |
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Modern Opera and Operetta | |
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Treemonisha | |
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Showboat: An Operetta | |
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Porgy and Bess | |
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Other Modern Operas of Note | |
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The Broadway Musical | |
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Of Thee I Sing | |
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The Musical Play | |
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Pal Joey | |
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Oklahoma! | |
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West Side Story | |
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Spring Awakening | |
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Next to Normal | |
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Dance | |
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Early History | |
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Ballet | |
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French Ballet: Giselle | |
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Russian Ballet: Tchaikovsky and Diaghilev | |
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Modern Dance | |
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Martha Graham | |
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Other Schools of Modern Dance | |
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Folkloric Dance | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Take a Closer Look: La Boehme and Rent | |
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Cinema | |
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Conventions of Film | |
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Sound | |
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the Camera | |
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Color | |
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Time | |
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Challenging Conventions | |
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Some Early Milestones | |
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Early Filmmakers: D.W. Griffith | |
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Early Filmmakers: Sergei Eisenstein | |
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Major Film Genres | |
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Slapstick Comedy: Sennet and Chaplin | |
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Farce: the Marx Brothers | |
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Enduring Appeal of the Animated Film | |
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Film Noir | |
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Romantic Comedy | |
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the Screen Musical | |
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the Western | |
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Social Issues | |
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Documentaries | |
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Fictionalized Biography | |
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Loosely Based on the Original | |
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Two American Film Classics | |
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Citizen Kane | |
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Casablanca | |
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The Film Auteur | |
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Ingmar Bergman | |
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Federico Fellini | |
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Alfred Hitchcock | |
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Akira Kurosawa | |
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Stanley Kubrick | |
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Francis Ford Coppola | |
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A Word of Critical Viewing | |
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Learning Objectives | |
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Key Terms | |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion | |
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Take a Closer Look: Saving Private Ryan | |
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Themes In The Humanities | |
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Religion | |
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Overview | |
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The Belief in Many Gods | |
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Egypt | |
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Hinduism | |