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Home > Curriculum > Course Proposal > Descriptions for Course Proposal > Examples of Honors College Arts & Letters Colloquia
Examples of Honors College Arts & Letters ColloquiaHC 421HProfessor James Earl HC ARTS & LETTERS COLLOQUIUM "Mahatma Gandhi" The course will study the life and teachings of Gandhi, and the Indian literature which grew up around him and his movement. Readings (and films) include:
HC 421H Professor Suzanne Clark HC ARTS & LETTERS COLLOQUIUM "The University in Peace and War" This course is about the rhetoric of the sixties, student protest, civil rights, and the Vietnam era. We will examine the involvement of universities, particularly Oregon universities, in the rhetoric of peace and war, using literary and rhetorical texts and documents as well as university archives. The focus will be on the period from the early 1960s era of civil rights activism to student protest and the Vietnam War. We will carry out archival research and interviews as well as textual analysis to write a paper (one long or several equivalent short papers) about the arguments involved in a particular event or text. There will be guest speakers with special knowledge of that period, help from writers and archivists about effective uses of interviews, archives, collections, and documents. There will be a final conference during which students and guests may present and discuss the ideas developed in their papers. Texts and documents to consult: Protest documents from the Sixties; Papers from archives and special collections of the University of Oregon, particularly the Robert D. Clark papers; Kenneth Metzler, Confrontation (the writer will meet with us); selections from the following: Long Time Gone : Sixties America Then And Now (ed. Alexander Bloom); Todd Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Anger, Days of Rage; Angela Davis: an Autobiography; Eldridge Cleaver, "The White Race and Its Heroes," Soul on Ice.. Films include: Arguing the World (Bell, Glazer, Howe, and Kristol), Berkeley in the Sixties, Getting Straight. Interviews and guest speakers include: Heather Briston, university archivist, former president Robert. D. Clark, President David Frohnmayer; VP Dan Williams, Kenneth Metzler, members of the faculty, former student activists, journalists, and others. HC 421H Professor Jeffrey Mason HC ARTS & LETTERS COLLOQUIUM "The Political Theatre of Arthur Miller" We are going to break new ground in the study of Arthur Miller, whom some consider America's leading playwright, by moving past the prevailing interpretation of him as a social dramatist to examine the profoundly political nature of his plays, his essays and his life outside of the theatre. We'll read eight plays from the early All My Sons to the more recent The Archbishop's Ceiling, and we'll consider them in light of their historical circumstances of production as well as Miller's many opinion pieces, including the satirical ones about privatizing Congress and executions. Miller is concerned with human rights, loyalty, betrayal, repression and the Holocaust, and the backbone of his work has involved a search for a way for people to treat each other with integrity in spite of the abuses of authority that frequently prevail; the classic Miller situation stages the individual standing against the power structures that surround him. We'll attend Death of a Salesman at VLT and A View From the Bridge right here on campus. We'll also sit in on a symposium on violence in literature and the arts, sponsored by the Morse Center for Law and Politics, that will feature scholars from all over the country. Requirements? Come to class. Participate actively in discussions. Write two critical papers (1000-1500 words each) and devise a final project that could be a longer paper, a prepared debate on an issue, a performance of a scene, or anything else appropriate that you might imagine. HC 421H Instructors Marilyn Linton and Ann Tedards ARTS & LETTERS COLLOQUIUM "Word and Tone: German Poetry and Song" Some of the most beautiful poetry in the German language has become celebrated throughout the world in its most popular form, that of the Lied, or German Art Song. Are you interested in poetry and what it tells us about ourselves and about a society's culture, history, and politics? Are you drawn to music and want to learn more about the short compositions of some of the best known German and Austrian composers? Then consider "Word and Tone." This course offers an in-depth examination of selected Lieder (German Art Songs) and their respective poets and composers, such as Goethe and Eichendorff, and Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Wolf. The course is designed for students from all disciplines. An elementary knowledge of the German language and the basics of music suggested, but not required. In addition to readings, lectures and discussion, the class will listen to selected recordings and attend performances. |
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