EUR2010

Imagining Europe: representations and images of a continent

(ART)

D Garrioch, B Caine and others

8 points + 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prohibition: HSY2960

Synopsis: Classical notions of Europa and the medieval idea of Christendom. Through the study of literature, painting, architecture, travellers0 tales, cinema and other sources, it traces the development of the idea of Europe as a region defined both geographically and by its culture. The idea of multiple Europes: /Eastern Europe0, regions within Europe, and images of Eastern and Western Europe as politically distinct entities. The re-emergence of the idea of /Central Europe0.

Assessment: Literature survey (500 words): 5% + Visual exercise (1000 words): 20% + Examination (2 hours): 30% + Essay (2000 words): 40% + Classwork (reading tasks and verbal presentation): 5%