‘One
day when I was twenty-three or twenty-four this sentence seemed to form
in my head, without my willing it, much as sentences form when we are
half-asleep, ‘Hammer your thoughts into unity’.
For days I could think of nothing else and for years I tested all I did
by that sentence [...]” William Butler Yeats (cited in Frank Tuohy, Yeats <,
1976, p.51 )
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E379S ASSIGNMENT
all page nos. refer to the course anthology
J= Journal Due; LR=Learning Record Due; C = Class Presentation Due; Project Due; R= Responses to Projects Due; I=In-class writing project; G = Graded Discussion
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ANTIMODERNISM IN LITERATURE, ARCHITECTURE, AND THE VISUAL ARTS
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ANTIMODERNISM IN COLLEGE: TEXAS
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Oct 26 LR Midterm due, LR instructions
Meet at the Littlefield House + I
24th and Whitis [in case of rain meet on porch].
In-class journal entry to be uploaded to the Littlefield Discussion Board, along with scan of drawing as an attachment by Oct. 30 . Include citations with page nos. from at least two assigned texts
Contrast the Littlefield House with the pine tree in front and the Communications building behind. We will spend about half our time drawing and half our time writing in our journals. One of our themes will be the contrast between the Victorian architecture of the building and the tree. Another will be the contrast with the CMA complex.
Consider: Is this building “True to Nature”? Is it “True to Nature” in Ruskin’s sense of the words? Can the influence of Ruskin’s essay be detected in this building? Can you find his six features of Gothic in it? What sentences are illustrated by what features? What sentences are contradicted by what features?
read
510-513 Littlefield House
514 Definitions of antimodernism
515 Definition of medievalism;
516-521 Moreland, Medievalist Impulse
522 Definitions of Gothic
523-550 Ruskin, “The Nature of Gothic”
Internet: See web site for examples from previous classes.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/E320M2/pics/pine/
for more pictures of the Littlefield House interior as well as exterior:
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bump/E379S2/VicArch.html
review:
53-55 Learning Record Instructions
71-9 Dass, “The Witness,” for LR writing
116-123 Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
69-76 from Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
341-367 Bump, "Manual Photography: Hopkins, Ruskin, and Victorian Drawing"
318 Zuleika as Medieval Romance
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- Writing Assignment and Class Presentation Due Dates
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Paris Review: How much rewriting do you do?
Hemingway: It depends. I rewrote the ending to A Farewell To Arms, the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied.
Paris Review: Was there some technical problem there? What was it that stumped you?
Hemingway: Getting the words right
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note changes in writing assignment due dates - Oct 28 P2A Post : Project instructions
- Oct 29-31R Responses instructions
- Oct. 31 Zilker Alice Halloween excursion
- Nov. 5 Class "Ranch" Party
- Nov 9 + 11 C Student presentations instructions
- Nov. 16 P2A hard copy: Project instructions
- Nov 30 P2B due: Project instructions
- Dec 2 LR Final Due LR instructions
- Dec. 8 10:30-12 Portfolios Due. Portfolio instructions.
