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THIS IS A ONE PARAGRAPH TOPIC PROPOSAL ONLY!!!
Topic Selection: Your paper begins with the selection of a topic and basic research.
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Your topic must relate to the study of humanities and a reference to it be found in your online reading material in your course modules. The topic should also interest you and be one that is relevant to present day life. Your topic should reflect all of these three requirements.
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The greatest danger with your topic selection is that it will be too broad. Please narrow your topic so that it can be covered in a short paper, five-seven double-spaced pages.
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For instance, the Roman Empire is not a narrow topic. However, the Roman penchant for blood sports would work quite nicely and could certainly be compared to the modern-day concept of recreation (televised team sports, wrestling, boxing, or video games with violent confrontations, etc.).
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Here is another example of narrowing your topic. Perhaps you have a great interest in children. To relate that interest specifically to the humanities, you could focus your paper on how one particular artist depicts children or compare two artists in different time periods and their paintings of children. Then link that artwork to current trends such as portrait photography of children. You could look at literature, music, movies, or television shows for or about children. Any age group would work.
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Also you could take one of the time periods covered in your content and compare it to current day trends in an aspect of one of these arts visual art, three-dimensional art, literature, music, or theater. Those listed below are from your syllabus and represent your course objectives.
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Historical and Cultural Developments |
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Ancient period |
Identify and discuss selected works of visual art, music, philosophy, and literature. |
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Classical period |
Identify and discuss selected works of visual art, music, philosophy, and literature. |
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Medieval period |
Identify and discuss selected works of visual art, music, philosophy, and literature. |
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Renaissance period |
Identify and discuss selected works of visual art, music, philosophy, and literature. |
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Baroque period |
Identify and discuss selected works of visual art, music, philosophy, and literature. |
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Revolutionary period |
Identify and discuss selected works of visual art, music, philosophy, and literature. |
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Modern period |
Identify and discuss selected works of visual art, music, philosophy, and literature. |
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CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HUMANITIES |
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Significance |
Recognize the significance of the humanities in the thought and technology of the historical-cultural periods. |
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Influence |
Identify the influence of the humanities on contemporary and future thought and technology. |
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Also check out the website for your free access textbook. It will show the whole scope of the humanities.
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https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-arthistory.
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