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 Decadence, Dada & All That Jazz: European Cultural History, 1880-1945 - HIST2483
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Contact: Cove,Sally
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit; Excluded: EURO2483
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
  

Description

Focuses on the major cultural expressions of European modernity and the way in which they reflected social and political transformation. Themes include: modernism's challenges to positivism, fin-de-siecle decadence, Freud and the rise of psychoanalysis, the roaring 20s, feminism, Surrealism, Cubism, Cabaret, Americanisation, Jazz, and cultural representations of WWI & WWII.

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes of the course equip students with both history-specific and generic skills. Specific skills include the ability to conduct research and synthesise findings; analyse existing historical interpretations; devise new interpretations or produce critical reflections on the existing historiography; perform critical analysis and produce readings of primary sourse material; the capacity to participate in class discussion or public debate from a historically informed point of view. Generic skills include the improvement of basic principles associated with university study such as meeting deadlines and working independently or in association with others; the enhancement of critical thinking and problem-solving skills; and the further development of both written and verbal communicatin skills.

Assessment

  • Research essay (2500 words) - 40%
  • Tutorial exercises - 30%
  • End of session in-class test - 20%
  • Participation - 10%

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