Unit 5: The Modern Temper
Ideas: Constructivism
Constructivism is a philosophy of learning founded on the premise that, by reflecting on our experiences, we construct our own understanding of the world we live in.
• Each of us generates our own “rules” and “mental models,” which we use to make sense of our experiences.
• Learning, therefore, is simply the process of adjusting our mental models to accommodate new experiences.
• Each of us generates our own “rules” and “mental models,” which we use to make sense of our experiences.
• Learning, therefore, is simply the process of adjusting our mental models to accommodate new experiences.
Ideas: Futurism
Futurism was an international art movement founded in Italy in 1909.
• It was (and is) a refreshing contrast to the weepy sentimentalism of Romanticism.
• The Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and cities; they embraced the exciting new world that was then upon them rather than hypocritically enjoying the modern world’s comforts while loudly denouncing the forces that made them possible.
• Fearing and attacking technology has become almost second nature to many people today; the Futurist manifestos show us an alternative philosophy.
• It was (and is) a refreshing contrast to the weepy sentimentalism of Romanticism.
• The Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and cities; they embraced the exciting new world that was then upon them rather than hypocritically enjoying the modern world’s comforts while loudly denouncing the forces that made them possible.
• Fearing and attacking technology has become almost second nature to many people today; the Futurist manifestos show us an alternative philosophy.
Igor Stravinsky in Music
Concepts about War
WWI: The War to End all Wars
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"Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. 2. "Forward, the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. 3. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. 4. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air, Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd: Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not Not the six hundred. 5. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. 6. When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made! All the world wondered. Honor the charge they made, Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred. Copied from Poems of Alfred Tennyson, J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870 |
"Dulce et Decorum Est"
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