European Modernism

Subject 119-201 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 2 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: Total of 8.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability

Coordinator

Dr Birgit Lang

Contact

Birgit Lang
langb@unimelb.edu.au
Subject Overview: European modernism refers to a wide range of experimental and avant-garde trends in literature and arts at the end of the 19th and early 20th century and has proven a major influence on current (Western) literature, film and the arts. This course introduces students to key themes of modernist literature, theatre, and film in Europe. The course familiarizes students with key writers and thinkers of this period and will address the ways in which they provoked their readers/viewers through new and complex forms and styles. Major themes comprise the crisis of representation, the representation of cosmopolitanism and urban cultural dislocation, consciousness and memory, and sexuality. (Students undertaking this subject will be expected to regularly access an internet-enabled computer.)
Objectives:
Assessment: A team project consisting of 1,000 word written assignment and 10 minute oral presentation 25% (due during semester period), a mid-semester test (equivalent to 1,000 words) 25%, and a closed-book two-hour examination 50% (during examination period). Attendance at 75% of tutorials is a hurdle requirement in this subject.
Prescribed Texts: Course reader prepared by the School will be available through the University bookshop.
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

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Generic Skills:
  • have an increased understanding of social and cross-cultural diversity;
  • develop critical self-awareness and shape and strengthen persuasive arguments;
  • communicate arguments and ideas effectively and articulately, both in writing and to others in speech.
Related Course(s): Diploma in Modern Languages (French)
Diploma in Modern Languages (Italian)
Diploma in Modern Languages (Russian)
Diploma in Modern Languages - Swedish
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: European Studies
European Studies Major
French
French
French Major
German
German
German Major
Italian
Italian
Italian Major
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian Major
Spanish
Swedish
Swedish
Swedish
Swedish Major

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