 Academic Year: |
2014/5 |
| Owning Department/School: |
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: |
6 |
| Level: |
Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: |
CW 33%, ES 67% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework (CW 33%)
- Essay (ES 67%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Description: |
Aims:
To provide an historical understanding of the development of politically committed culture (literature and film) in the post-1945 era in both Eastern and Western Europe. To take account of the factors which led to the growing disillusionment on the part of creative intellectuals regarding the value of their efforts to bring about 'socialism with a human face': the dominance of Stalinism during the Cold War, the general scepticism in Western Europe since the 1960s about the value of committed culture. To study some examples of the post-engagement culture in Russia and Eastern Europe since the collapse of communism. The close study of works by leading authors of the post-1945 period will provide the focus for the seminars which form the core of the unit.
Learning Outcomes:
Students who complete this unit successfully will have gained an awareness of why 'political commitment' remained an issue for writers and film-makers in Eastern and Western Europe in the post-1945 era; they will understand the factors which have gradually led writers and film-makers to reject any restrictions on their creative independence; they will have developed their analytical and comparative skills through their in-depth study of their chosen works.
Skills:
Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit.
Content:
Introductory lectures on the issue of commitment and a range of national responses to it in Eastern and Western Europe. Detailed study of a selection from the following works: Camus: La Peste; Solzhenitsyn: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; Perec: Things; Makanin: Baize-covered Table with Decanter; Orwell, Homage to Catalonia; Loach, Land and Freedom.
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| Programme availability: |
PL30108 is Optional on the following programmes:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AYB13 : BA(Hons) French and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB12 : BA(Hons) German and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB16 : BA(Hons) Italian ab inito and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB14 : BA(Hons) Italian and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB08 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB09 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB05 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB04 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB18 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (French and Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB06 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB07 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB02 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB23 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (German and Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB20 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB22 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB19 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages and European Studies (Spanish and Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB30 : BSc(Hons) Politics and International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Politics with Economics with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHPL-AFB29 : BSc(Hons) Politics with International Relations (Year 3)
- UHPL-AAB29 : BSc(Hons) Politics with International Relations with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AKB29 : BSc(Hons) Politics with International Relations with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB15 : BA(Hons) Russian ab inito and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB17 : BA(Hons) Spanish and Politics with Year Abroad (Year 4)
Department of Social & Policy Sciences
- UHSP-AFB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB16 : BSc(Hons) Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB05 : BSc(Hons) Social Sciences with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy (Year 3)
- UHSP-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Sociology and Social Policy with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UHSP-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Sociology with Human Resource Management with Year long work placement (Year 4)
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