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MUSI 223 001 (CRN: 24337)
MONSTERS AND BARDS
Long Title: MONSTERS AND BARDS
Department: Music
Instructor: Loewen, Peter
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 0
Enrollment data as of: 15-NOV-2024 5:47AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Discussion course examines artistic representations of monsters and bards: cultural icons that have figured prominently in historic documents, film and television, opera, ballet, art, literature, and games. Tracing the development of these concepts from the Middle Ages to the modern day, the course explores ways in which music affects perceptions of monsters and bards, complicating their place in the worlds they inhabit, real and imagined. Topics include approaches to violence, crusading, barbarians, otherness, macabre and gothic aesthetics, orientalism, colonialism, romantic love, chivalry, and religious spirituality.