PHIL 1104 Modernism and the Arts I/Perspectives II
This is a full-year course in the literature, music, and visual arts usually connected with the term modernism. The first eight weeks of the term will be devoted to literature, the last five of the first term and the first five of the second to music, and the last eight of the second term to the visual arts. Among the authors read during the literature segment will be Baudelaire, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, Eliot, Kafka, and Joyce. During the music segment the composers listened to will include Wagner, Debussy, and Stravinsky. There will also be at least one week of jazz.
Course overview
- Department
- Philosophy
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Catalog details
- Corequisites
- UNAS1105
- Satisfies core
- Arts
Requirements fulfilled
- University Core: Arts (All undergraduates)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.21 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.35 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Peter Hanly | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 34 of 50 |
| Fall 2024 | Peter Hanly | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 12 of 26 |
| Fall 2023 | David Johnson | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 of 30 |
| Fall 2023 | Peter Hanly | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 of 28 |
| Fall 2022 | David Johnson | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4–6 hrs/week | 23 of 30 |
| Fall 2022 | Peter Hanly | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 18 of 36 |