| Año 3 • No. 130 • febrero 16 de 2004 | Xalapa • Veracruz • México | Publicación
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Studies courses inaugurates its Spring 2004 Semester Art, Music and Literature at the School for Foreign Students! By Víctor H. Ramírez |
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every semester, the School for Foreign Students will start the Spring
2004 courses of the United States Studies Program (us Studies). These
courses are offered to university students as well as anyone interested
in American culture. University students may take their Optativa (Plan
90) courses or Experiencias Educativas within the Area Electiva of
the meif with us. You just need to come and apply! Not convinced yet?
Here is a brief description of the courses we’re offering so
that you can join our endeavor of bi-national exploration. Music in the us I and II: The two-semester course Music in the United States I and II will explore the social significance as well as the technical characteristics of various musical traditions of our neighbors to the north. Music of the us I (offered during Spring Semester, 2004) will begin with an introduction to general social concepts and basic musical elements in addition to selected European antecedents. Other musics presented include folk traditions –such as Appalachian folksong, fiddle tunes and Native American indigenous chant– and works by classically-based composers –such as Charles Ives, Aaron Copeland, John Cage and Philip Glass. Music in the us ii (to be offered during Fall Semester, 2004) will study the more African-influenced and popular traditions such as blues, jazz and rock and roll. Both semesters will be taught (in English) by Randall Kohl. Twentieth-Century American Art: This course will explore critical and artistic tendencies in twentieth-century American Art. We will look at works of various artists that contributed to important transformations of American Art, analyzing the painting, sculpture, and photography (among other media) of these artists which puts their artistic production into a critical context. Course evaluation will be based on practical exercises of observation, essays, and exams. Some of the themes covered in this course are artistic movements such as Dada, Pop Art, comparative studies between artistic development in the us and other countries, such as the development of social realism of Thomas Hart Benton and Ben Shahn compared with the movement of Mexican Muralism, Pop Art’s reaction to American consumerism through the work of artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, among others. This course will be taught (in English) by Byron Brauchli. Literatura escrita por autoras latinas en Estados Unidos: Literature written by female authors in the United Status is an important yet unknown element of American oral tradition. For this reason, it has not been properly diffused or studied. These works are evidence of plurality of voices within the US, for they speak of a cultural and ethnic multiplicity that undermines the image of a homogeneous American culture. When Latino authors speak they put into question and challenge the inertias of a culture that takes for granted its Anglo-Saxon predominance. While approaching this evidence of the writer’s personal perceptions, students break up their monolithic image of American culture and understand American “melting pot” with its many cultures, ethnic groups, challenges and problems. Students broaden then their sociological and culture view of our neighbor to the north. Some of the authors studied in this course will be Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, Cristina García and Demetria Martínez among others. This course will be taught in Spanish by Esther Quintana. For more information please contact the us Studies Program at the School for Foreign Students, Zamora 25, Centro. Phone (01-228) 817-8687 and 817-7380. E-mail: ustudies@uv.mx or check us out on the net: www.uv.mx/eee/us_studies.html |
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