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
Oct 4 Case
study: Mme Butterfly
Oct 11 Escape
from Europe
Oct
18 No
class - Fall Break
Oct
25 Modernism
and the East
Nov 1 Synthesizing
West and East
Nov 8 Eastern-born
composers
Nov
15 "Chinese" operas
Nov
22 Tutorials
Nov
29 Tutorials
Dec 6 Presentations
Dec
13 Presentations
ASST
DUE: Term paper