units

ATS2521

Faculty of Arts

18 September 2017 24 November 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Arts
Organisational UnitMonash European and EU Centre
OfferedNot offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)Dr Natalie Doyle

Notes

Previously coded EUR2090

Synopsis

This subject reflects on both European cultural and everyday life from the 1880s to the start of the Second World War and its relationship to European experiences of violence. It starts by examining the crisis of liberalism (1880-1914), and the lived social experience as viewed "from below". It discusses the advent of nationalism, imperialism, and total war, as well as the intellectual roots and cultural manifestations of left and right totalitarian ideologies (Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism) by exploring the genesis of novel conceptions of revolutionary sociopolitical change. It also excavates what these ideas meant for ordinary people: peasant, workers, rank-and-file soldiers. Primary sources, such as letters, diaries, and oral histories, document enormous changes to European societyboth east and westbased on class, gender, and race/ethnicity. Cultural or political texts from the era demonstrate how new social divisions fostered extremist political ideologies but also inspired socio-cultural innovation.

Outcomes

On completion of this subject students should:

  1. Have a familiarity with, and an understanding of, significant features of Europe's cultural and intellectual development in the twentieth century
  2. Have an understanding of, and an ability to apply, key terms and concepts relevant to the culture and intellectual life of the period
  3. Be familiar with, and able to discuss, representative texts of the period, both expository and aesthetic
  4. Be able to demonstrate competence in the following skills:
    1. obtaining access to source materials and secondary writings through the library and other resources
    2. writing (including planning, arguing on the basis of evidence, and documenting)
    3. analysis and interpretation of cultural texts, including the application of appropriate terms and concepts for the discussion of content, form, and cultural and historical context
    4. oral presentation of information and argument based on guided and independent reading
    5. discussion of texts and oral presentations
    6. assimilation of information and opinion from various sources for purposes of forming independent judgments
    7. team work.

In addition, students taking the subject at third-year level should have some knowledge of different schools of thought concerning the ideas and cultural phenomena treated in the subject.

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Tutorial participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Natalie Doyle

Workload requirements

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

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

History
Holocaust and genocide studies
International studies

Prohibitions

ATS3521