Debussy and Modernism

MUSI
GR
8371
Course Level: 
Graduate
Prerequisites: 
Permission of instructor.
Credits: 
3

This course engages close analytical study of selected works by Claude Debussy in conjunction with re- flections on modernism and modernity from literary- and critical – theoretical perspectives. A primary goal is to develop interpretive approaches that take rigorous account of how Debussy might be understood as “modernist” in the first place, and what “modernism” might mean in this context – questions that have been surprisingly little addressed in extant literature on the composer. Readings include work of Charles Baude- laire, Walter Benjamin, Hugo Friedrich, Paul de Man, Michel Foucault, Matei Calinescu, Barbara Johnson, T. J. Clark, and Jonathan Crary. Presentation and paper.

Past Offerings

Spring 2013 – Section 001

Day & Time: 
M 10:10am-12:00pm
Location: 
620 Dodge Hall
Instructor: