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4.00 Credits
This course will connect specific historical eras in Western culture with representative art forms so students can gain cultural insights. Particular attention will be paid to artifacts in the Chicago area. Students will analyze the relationship between popular art and movements in history through lecture, readings and discussion. We will also address contemporary cultural issues, including how later peoples will judge our values based on our arts. Pre-'99 Competencies: AL-1, AL-E, AL-I. BA'99 Competencies: A-1-A, A-1-B, A-1-H. Faculty: Jo Anne Gesiakowska
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4.00 Credits
The horror film has introduced and popularized many of the cinema's most unique stylistic innovations, especially in the areas of camerawork, lighting, color, sound, point-of-view, and editing. The genre also helps us to understand how filmmakers construct surprise and suspense to maximize the viewer's emotional involvement and response to film narratives. This course introduces students to the language of film analysis by studying a number of representative films in the horror genre. We will also examine the social and cultural dimensions of the "fear" response that horror films exploit so strategically. We will read exciting theoretical work discussing the reasons for the genre's widespread appeal. Weekly in-class film screenings include the following: Psycho (Hitchcock version), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Scream, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Suspiria. Students will give class presentations and write papers on topics tailored to their interest in the genre. Pre-'99 Competencies: HC-D, AL-1, AL-3, AL-9, AL-10. BA'99 Competencies: H-2-G, A-1-A, A-1-C, E-1, E-2. Faculty: Michael DeAngelis.
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4.00 Credits
Following the September 11, 2001 suicide attacks, President Bush has declared an open-ended war on terrorism. In the midst of this war, what does it mean to practice peace How might you and I work to practice peace We will explore some of the principles, practitioners and practices of nonviolent peacemaking, allowing for debate and discussion. We will explore personal, interpersonal and political peacemaking. We will examine power relationships and dynamics inherently at tension in the practice of peace. We will read the works of contemporary peacemakers, such as Maread Corrigan Maguire, Jodi Williams, and Thich Nhat Hanh, as well as seminal figures in the peace movement, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and Dorothy Day. We will have guest lectures from local and international peace practitioners and discuss various ways of practicing peace on personal, local and global levels. BA-1999 Competencies: A3C, A4, H3D, H4, H5. Pre-1999 Competencies: ALG, ALP, ALS. Faculty: Anthony Nicotera, LSW, works in University Ministry at DePaul. He received his BA from Georgetown University, where he also studied Law. He received his MSW from Loyola University of Chicago where he also studied philosophy and theology. As a licensed social worker, he has worked extensively with disadvantaged youth. He has lived and worked in India, Latin America, and in a Catholic Worker community in New Jersey. In his work for peace and justice, he has been arrested a number of times for non-violent civil disobedience.
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4.00 Credits
In the early days of movies, people flocked to the theater to see the good guys (white hats) triumph over the bad guys (black hats). As the art of cinema evolved, the characters and the ethical issues they faced became more challenging and complex. Through in-class screenings and related readings, this course will examine films whose themes strongly concern the depiction of ethical and moral choice. We will discuss the ways in which the film makers create meaningful ethical dilemmas; how the characters' choices are portrayed; and how these portrayals may influence our own formulation of value systems and ethical choices. Competencies: A1A, aid, A3C, A4. Faculty: Gary Fox
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4.00 Credits
The plays the thing... A play is action, play, conflict, resolution, motion, emotion, live now. A play is crafted for the stage, not for the page. What we find on the page is a script, a guide to the play, not the play itself. The course will explore the play (and playing) in as many of its dimensions as we can discover. Students will read about reading scripts, and then read them to see the play as it could come to be. We will put together scenes, sketches, stories, and/or short plays; as well as improvise, role play, and act in our own work as well as in the work of established playwrights. Students will take the study to the theater to see what works and what doesn't work on the stage. The class will work and play together and apart and let the creative imagination take us where it will. Competencies: A1X, A2X, A-5, H3E, FX. Faculty: John Starrs.
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4.00 Credits
In this course of fulfilling our private and public lives, we draw on combonations of our knowledge and experience (wisdom) and capacities to be persuasive. The alliance of wisdom and persuasion goes back to early Greek philosophers who formulated them as subjects for men, but not for women. More contemporary perspectives suggest that men and women may bring differing palettes to the artistry which weaves persuasion and practical wisdom. This course will examine emerging theories on the stages of "knowing," and their philosophical roots, and the application of this developing knowledge to many facets of professional and personal life. Students will utilize case studies, discussions, readings, self-explorations and other activities to analyze systems of thought regardiong the development of values, knowledge, and persuasive skills with a particular emphasis on women's perspective and experiences. The role of media shaping attitudes, motivation, and decision-making processes will be explored through the images and metaphors conveyed to and about women. The course will offer and opportunity for understanding the roots of many of our values and perspectives on women's approaches to knowledge and persuasion.
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4.00 Credits
From the thirteenth to the sixteenth centuries, the Italian peninsula was the center of a new age of human discovery and expression. With the unfolding of ancient philosophies, the Catholic Church's temporal and spiritual control over Western Europe faltered. This age changed the meaning of political power, art, literature, science, and religious life. New perspectives lifted the horizons of thought and artistic expression. What meaning and value do these issues have for the contemporary person By exploring the richness of Renaissance culture, this course attempts to answer the following questions: What happened on the Italian peninsula during the Renaissance Who were the principal players How did this period influence western civilization, particularly with respect to learning What does the Renaissance mean today Why, indeed, does it play such a major role in contemporary consciousness of the arts, literature, politics, and science While the general focus of the material is the Renaissance in the Italian city states, the course concentrates on the rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence. Cosimo, Lorenzo, Piero and Giovanni de' Medici (Pope Leo X) were instrumental in the development of this spectacular age in Western Civilization. Learners will also confront our own time with respect to issues raised in the Italian Renaissance. Faculty: Betta LoSardo.
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4.00 Credits
There's more going on in a film or TV show than the story! Understanding aesthetics principles allows both consumers and creators to experience film and television on deeper levels-both intellectual and emotional. While aesthetics classes in the philosophy department are concerned with the connection between "beauty" and "truth", this course will be primarily concerned with basic visual language. Students will learn how to interpret the medium's aesthetic elements by decoding its visual language, thereby building strategies for their own creative visual thinking. By exploring a variety of genres--- narrative films, television dramas, documentaries, even commercials--- we will develop criteria to help us see beyond the obvious text. Working within the limitations of the medium, we will learn how to manipulate and exploit the aesthetic elements at our command to obtain desired effects. The course will culminate with each student producing an integrated project. Competencies: A-2-C, A-5, A-1-X. Faculty: Gary Fox
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore issues of race and racial identity in American society through the medium of theater. Texts will include several of the following: "Blues for an Alabama Sky," a Civil War retelling of the Oedipus story; "Twilight, Los Angeles, 1992," Anna Deveare's performance piece based on the Rodney King riots; "The Story," Tracy Scott's play about the pressures on a young black journalist to climb the media ladder; "Spinning Into Butter," Rebecca Gilman's provocative play about racial harassment on a college campus; Lorraine Hansberry's classic "A Raisin in the Sun;" Thomas Gibbons' "Personal Collection," which deals with the issue of appropriation of cultural heritage; and one of the ten plays from August Wilson's epic cycle. The class will also view a play on these themes at a Chicago theater. Competences: A-1-A, A-1-D, A-5, H-4, F-X (for Law & Literature focus area students only) Faculty: Fred Wellisch
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4.00 Credits
Understanding art and artists is the result of gaining insight into the artist and his/her relationship to the society in which he/she lives, as well as the process of artistic creation itself. The production of contemporary Western art is the result of over three thousand years of evolution within a framework which can be traced to the ancient Greeks. This course will trace that evolution and engage the student in opportunities to experiement with various media to provide insights into artist's work. With the help of a series of videotapes, students will be taken on a "journey" from the earliest Greek monuments to the art of the present day to explore artistic styles, forms, and subjecs as they have changed through the ages. Students will do hands-on creating with pen and ink, water colors, and clay as a means of experiencing the role of media and the decisions which artists have to face in the course of their work.
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