EUR2010

Imagining Europe: Representations and Images of a Continent (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: To be advised

Offered:
Not offered in 2003.

Synopsis: Imagining Europe begins with classical notions of Europe and the medieval idea of Christendom. Through the study of literature, painting, architecture, travellers' tales, cinema and other sources, it traces the development of the idea of Europe as a region defined both geographically and by its culture in the context of Europe's place in the world. The subject will trace the idea of multiple Europes and conclude by looking at the re-emergence, since the late 1980s, of the idea of 'Central Europe'.

Assessment: Class paper (1000 words): 30% + Essay (2500 words): 50% + Examination (1 hour): 20%

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 lecture and 1 tutorial) per week

Prerequisites: First-year sequence in History or permission

Prohibitions: EUR3010