European cultural history: the Spanish Civil War
Kevin Foster
12 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
* Clayton
Objectives Students completing this subject should have acquired an understanding of and a multidisciplinary perspective on a key political and cultural event of the 1930s, and an awareness of the impact of international ideologies on national issues.
Synopsis This subject aims to familiarise students with the origins of the war in earlier Spanish history, the ideologies of the European background against which it unfolded and its broad impact on the intellectual life and artistic production of the 1930s and beyond. The subject will involve the reading of historical and literary selections as well as the study of visual material - posters, painting and film. The film for special study will be Saura's Cousin Angelica. Other films on, or related to, the Spanish Civil War will be shown at lunchtime during the semester.
Assessment Document analysis (2000 words): 22.5%
* Essay (2000
words) or 2-hour exam: 22.5%
* Research project requiring the reading of
additional primary material and the preparation of an extensive bibliography
(5000 words): 55%
Prescribed texts
Jackson S A concise history of the Spanish Civil War Thames and Hudson
or
Thomas H The Spanish Civil War Penguin
Hemingway E For whom the bell tolls Penguin
Kenwood A (ed.) The Spanish Civil War: A cultural and historical reader Berg
Orwell G Homage to Catalonia Penguin
Saura Cousin Angelica (film)
| Published by Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
3168 Copyright © Monash University 1996 - All Rights Reserved - Caution Authorised by the Academic Registrar December 1996 |