WEST MEETS EAST (PROSEMINAR)

SCHEDULE OF PREPARATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Aug 30                    Introduction – Overview

Sept  13                  Oriental tokens - The Middle East 

Sept 20                   Oriental tokens - The Far East

Sept 27                   The orientalism debate

ASST DUE: Bibliography

 Oct  4                    Case study: Mme Butterfly

Oct  11                   Escape from Europe

ASST DUE: Paper topic

Oct 18                    No class - Fall Break

Oct 25                    Modernism and the East

ASST DUE:  Take-home exam

Nov  1                    Synthesizing West and East

Nov  8                    Eastern-born composers

Nov 15                    "Chinese" operas

ASST DUE:  Term paper draft

Nov 22                    Tutorials

Nov 29                    Tutorials

ASST DUE: Abstract

Dec  6                    Presentations

Dec 13                    Presentations

ASST DUE: Term paper