Cold War Culture: Literature, Film & Theory in Post-War Europe - ENG00019M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2023-24 |
Module aims
·To introduce the advanced study of the new cinemas of post-war Europe
·To explore the historical, cultural and intellectual interrelations between these cinemas and contemporary literary culture
·To place these interrelations in the context of the political reconstruction of post-war Europe and the rise of the Cold War
·To develop an appropriate critical, historical and theoretical framework for the analysis of individual literary and film texts
·To develop individual and collaborative skills of argument and presentation
Module learning outcomes
Subject content
·The textual and contextual analysis of post-war European film and literature; a grasp of the formal and technical questions raised by individual texts; an understanding of the broader aesthetic and political implications of these issues; a grasp of the critical field currently engaged in this area of research
Academic and graduate skills
- The capacity to identify relevant models of critical and theoretical analysis and to use them to produce sophisticated textual and contextual creadings; the ability to carry on individual research in this field, to present it in seminars and to discuss it with seminar members
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
- You are provided with feedback within the 6-week University deadline.
- You are always welcome to use staff Open Office Hours to discuss essay feedback (Full Time Staff Open Office Hours Autumn 2015 (PDF , 135kb))
For more information about the feedback you will receive for your work, see section 12 of the department's Guide to Assessment (PDF , 1,244kb).
Indicative reading
Films by Rossellini, Fellini, Visconti, Rosi, Bertolucci, Bresson, Godard, Truffaut, Fassbinder, Schl¶ndorff; literary works by Boito, Lampedusa, Moravia, Levi, Bernanos, Roch©, Fontane, Boll, Grass.