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- 1 Theme: Introduction to the Humanities (week 1)
- 2 Theme: Introduction to the Humanities (week 2)
- 3 Theme: Examining the Humanities (week 3)
- 4 Theme: Examining the Humanities (week 4)
- 5 Theme: Impact of the Humanities (week 5)
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Appendix
- Allegory of the Cave, The
- Araby
- Art of Drowning, The
- Because I could not stop for Death
- Colonel, The
- Dinner-Party, The
- Don Quixote: Ch 1
- Don Quixote: Ch 2
- Don Quixote: Ch 3
- Don Quixote: Ch 4
- Don Quixote: Ch 7
- Don Quixote: Ch 8
- Everything That Rises Must Converge
- Everything That Rises Must Converge: “Let’s talk about something pleasant”
- Everything That Rises Must Converge: The further irony of all this
- Everything That Rises Must Converge: He was tilted out of his fantasy again
- Everything That Rises Must Converge: Julian was thankful that the next stop was theirs
- Frankenstein: Ch 5
- Frankenstein: Ch 9
- Frankenstein: Ch 10
- Frankenstein: Ch 11
- Frankenstein: Ch 12
- Frankenstein: Ch 13
- Frankenstein: Ch 14
- Frankenstein: Ch 15
- Frankenstein: Ch 16
- Frankenstein: Ch 17
- Hamilton: Act I
- Hamilton: Alexander Hamilton
- Hamilton: Act II
- Hamilton: Aaron Burr, Sir
- Hamilton: My Shot
- Jātaka Tales: The Hare’s Self-Sacrifice
- Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Letter from Birmingham Jail: Freedom is never voluntarily given
- Letter from Birmingham Jail: Two honest confessions
- Letter from Birmingham Jail: I had hoped that the white moderate would see this need
- Letter from Birmingham Jail: Perhaps I have once again been too optimistic
- London, 1802
- Meditation at Lagunitas
- Ode on a Grecian Urn
- Power of Patience, The
- Professions for Women
- Rose for Emily, A: I-II
- Rose for Emily, A: III-V
- Song of Myself: 1-11
- Song of Myself: 12-21
- Song of Myself: 22-32
- Song of Myself: 33-36
- Song of Myself: 37-43
- Song of Myself: 44-52
- Sonny’s Blues
- Sonny’s Blues: I didn’t write Sonny... for a long time
- Sonny’s Blues: I remember I was restless
- Sonny’s Blues: I gave up
- Sonny’s Blues: I found myself wandering aimlessly
- Sonny’s Blues: “All right,” I said, at last
- Stars Over the Dordogne
- Index of Writing Templates
- References
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As with the literary works, just reading a song’s title and the name of the artist usually does very little to convey anything about the nature of the song. But it’s possible to “scan” or “skim” music in a way that is similar to skimming text. As you search for musical works to include in your exploration document, click the Play icon for each piece in this gallery. If it starts off slowly to you, or begins to feel repetitious, click further ahead in the recording to see how it develops. Check the total time of the piece to get a sense of how much of it you are sampling. This process should help you get a sense of each piece and decide which one you’d like to study further.
Vivaldi: “La Primavera” (loading) 00:00.0 ▶ -03:28The first movement of Concerto no. 1, “La Primavera,” from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.
Having trouble? Click here to try our alternate playerAntonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons, Concerto no. 1, “La Primavera” (“Spring”) RV op. 8, no. 1: movement I. Allegro, 1723
Genre: Solo concerto
Era: Baroque
Performed by: The Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Nigel Kennedy
Recording time: 3:29
This first movement of the “Spring” concerto comes from Vivaldi’s set of four violin concertos depicting the four seasons. Each section of this movement depicts a different stanza of an accompanying sonnet describing things commonly associated with the season, including birds, babbling brooks, and a thunderstorm.
Wagner: “The Ride of the Valkyries” (loading) 00:00.0 ▶ -04:52 Having trouble? Click here to try our alternate playerRichard Wagner
“The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre, 1854
Genre: Opera ensemble
Era: Late Romantic
Performed by: The MET Orchestra, conducted by James Levine
Recording time: 4:53
Powerful music introduces the Valkyrie sisters in the third act of the opera as the goddesses fly through the sky on winged horses. The music enhances the dramatic action with a large brass section and catchy melody.
Schubert: “Gretchen am Spinnrade”