THEA 330
New Orleans as Muse: Literature, Music, Art, Film and Theatre in the City
Spring 2014
Division I
Cross-listed
COMP 330 / AMST 331
This is not the current course catalog
Class Details
This course will look at the representation of a city and how it has influenced artists. Students will read, listen to, and view a selection of the literature, music, film and art that represent the city from both pre-flooding and current re-building. Reading selections will include examples such as Harper’s Weekly (Lafrcadio Hearn), The Awakening (Kate Chopin), A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams), New Orleans Sketches (William Faulkner), The Moviegoer (Walker Percy), A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy O’Toole), Why New Orleans Matters (Tom Piazza), One Dead in the Attic (Chris Rose). Film examples such as A Streetcar Named Desire, An Interview with a Vampire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Briton, When the Levees Broke, Treme, Waiting for Godot (in the 9th Ward). Music selections from examples such as Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, The Meters, Kermit Ruffins and the Rebirth Brass Band. Art selections will come from a variety of sources such as THE OGDEN Museum of Southern Art and Prospect 1, 2, & 3.
The Class:
Format: seminar
Limit: 10
Expected: 6
Class#: 3780
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Limit: 10
Expected: 6
Class#: 3780
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
will be on active participation, weekly response essays on film viewings, 2 short essays on class topics, a final paper and a contemporary creative project/performance
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
students who have taken THEA 101
Distributions:
Division I
Notes:
meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under THEA or COMP; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under AMST
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
COMP 330 Division I AMST 331 Division II THEA 330 Division I
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
COMP 330 Division I AMST 331 Division II THEA 330 Division I
Attributes:
AMST Arts in Context Electives
AMST Space and Place Electives
AMST Space and Place Electives
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THEA 330 - 01 (S) SEM New Orleans as Muse
THEA 330 - 01 (S) SEM New Orleans as MuseDivision IMR 1:10 pm - 2:25 pm
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