units

ATS2524

Faculty of Arts

Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
OfferedNot offered in 2012
Coordinator(s)Dr. Natalie Doyle

Notes

Previously coded EUR2150

Synopsis

The unit examines the birth in Europe of the first half of the nineteenth century of the notion of society and how it inspired the new political doctrine of liberalism, promoting society's freedom from state power and new scientific aspirations. It looks at how these new goals were formulated in Britain and France and struggled to impose themselves against pre-existing conceptions of political power. How they motivated the cult of individualism but also encountered cultural and social resistance. It thus explores the Romantic Movement, in its ambivalent relationship to the liberal revolution. Finally, it discusses the appearance of a rival ideology: socialism.

Outcomes

On completion of this subject students will have:

  1. A familiarity with, and an understanding of, the general features of Europe's cultural and intellectual development during the late eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries, with a special focus upon liberalism and socialism
  2. Knowledge of some representative expository texts and of relevant works of literature and the other arts
  3. Skills in library use, essay writing, analysis and interpretation of texts, as well as oral presentation and discussion
  4. 3rd year students will gain familiarity with different theoretical perspectives on the ideas and processes treated in the subject

Assessment

Essay 1 (1000 words): 20%
Essay 2 (1500 words): 25%
Exam (2 hours): 35%
Oral class presentation: 15%
Tutorial preparation: 5%

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture per week
One 1-hour tutorial per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

European and European Union studies

Prohibitions

EUR1020