Hum2020 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Notes from the first lecture of the semester, which describes the humanities - what they study, how they study it, and why. Contains all relevant vocab highlighted. there will be an ungraded quiz on this info

This lecture covers how the humanities view culture and how they study it. Also describes several different cultures and how they came to be as well as the differences between them all. Relevant vocab for quiz 2 highlighted

This essay analyzes the poster for the film The Kids are All Right. It describes how the poster looks and the structure of the photo and explains its significance.

This lecture covered the basics of understanding how music works and how critics describe music. Contains all relevant vocabulary highlighted. Relevant vocab for quiz 3

These notes summarize the lecture on Performance studies. The lecture contains crucial vocabulary words needed for the third and final quiz of the semester.

This essay compares the film the kids are all right and what the director felt about marriage to a short quote from Elizabeth Brake's opinion on marriage. Brake and the director, Lisa Cholodenko - had similar views. This is the first of 6 full essays that cover the film.

An in-depth look at how sound is utilized in film and how we can analyze the sound effects and music used to be able to understand the film itself better. Contains all relevant vocabulary highlighted for quiz 3

A short summary of the film the kids are all right. This is the first assignment of the semester.

Colorful, aesthetically pleasing, and well written lecture notes taken in Professor Whitmarsh's lecture on Ancient Mesopotamia.