Week 6 discussion
Art and
Politics (graded)
This week, we looked at several
examples of early modernist art such as Cubism, Fauvism,futurism, andexpressionism. Let’s discuss the
relationships between these aesthetic categories and the sociopolitical climate
of the period.
How did the sociopolitical climate of the time period, including
the two world wars, influence artists?
Feminism and Literature (graded)
Letâs connect the themes of the three readings and the
lecture for this week to talk about how the ways feminist literature has
influenced contemporary thinking?
In your first post, share what you see the main themes or issues that were
important the writer of at least one of the following feminist works:
The Outsideby Susan
Glaspell (audio available in the lecture)
A Societyby Virginia
Woolf
The Solitude of Selfby Elizabeth
Cady Stanton
Be sure to reference the specific elements of at least one of
the readings or audio in your response. Weâll follow up as a class to
connect these historical issues to present-day discussions of women and
society.
