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Question 1.

 

Art and Politics (graded)

This week, we looked at several examples of early modernist art such as Cubism, Fauvism, futurism, and expressionism. Let’s discuss the relationships between these aesthetic categories and the sociopolitical climate of the period.

 

How did the sociopolitical climate of the time period, including the two world wars, influence artists?

 

Question 2

 

Feminism and Literature (graded)

Let’s connect the themes of the three readings and the lecture for this week to talk about how the ways feminist literature has influenced contemporary thinking? 
In your first post, share what you see the main themes or issues that were important the writer of at least one of the following feminist works:

The Outside by Susan Glaspell (audio available in the lecture)

A Society by Virginia Woolf

The Solitude of Self by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

 

Be sure to reference the specific elements of at least one of the readings or audio in your response.