History 1040
The Great War
October 20:
We will focus on our discussion of the "Response of the Arts to the Great War."
October 22:
There will be no class today as I will be in Belfast. So, go to Courseweb and download the Podcast "Lecture On Mass Violence in the 20th Century" for today's class. This podcast will begin to examine the origins of the Mass Violence of the 20th Century focusing on how the Great War and the total mobilization of society, heavily influenced by Social Darwinism, Imperialism and the waning of the Enlightenment led to the mass violence and the elimination of the line between civilian and combatant that we now accept as "normal." You will then use a "case study" of the Armenian Genocide as evidence of this and the "lessons learned," if any learned" from it. Before you listen to this read:
Barbarism: A Users Guide by Eric Hobsbawm on CourseWeb.
124-139 in Fero
pp 113-159 in 14-18: Understanding the Great War
Read through accounts of the Armenian Genocide from Contemporary Accounts: http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/1915/bryce/a00tc.htm. You do not need to read everything.
You can also download the Powerpoint for this lecture without sound and bring it to class next Tuesday.
RECOMMENDED Readings for next Week:
Christopher J. Walker, Armenia: The Survival of a Nation (revised second edition, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1990), pp. 197-240 (on e-reserves).
When I return on the 27 October for class we will follow up this discussion and go through it in class. Please listen to it in advance and then we will deal with it in class.
Readings for next Thursday 29 October
Tristan Tzara, “Dada Manifesto”, in his Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteries (fifth ed., London et al.: Calder/Riverrun, 2003), pp. 3-13 (on e-reserves)
DADA Student Guide from the 2006 DADA travelling exhibit.
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture8.html - The Entire Lecture
Scroll down to Tristan Tzara's Manifesto
Emmy Hennings Poem - "Dancer"
Listen to and watch:
Hugo Ball's sound poem- 'Gadji beri bimba'
Recommended:
