This course will introduce students to key topics in history and cultural identity by exploring a range of textual and cultural materials of the respective language-related cultures in the target language, across a number of periods and genres, supported by school-wide lectures on cross-cutting themes and concepts. 

Theoretical background material, including recorded lectures, available online anytime on Moodle 

20 x 1 hour Subject lectures. 

8 x 1 hour Seminars in weeks 3,5,8,10 of both semesters as scheduled in MyCampus. 

None

Theoretical Frameworks for Culture 2 Courses  (MODLANG2003)

Reflective Essay - (1500 words) - 35%

Essay (1,200 words) - 35%
Exam open exam within 24 hours (1000 words) - 30%

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ introduce students to selected key topics and periods in relation to the history and cultural identity of the respective countries

■ present students with a range of textual and cultural materials in the target language, across a number of periods and genres

■ discuss these materials within a conceptual and theoretical framework provided in a series of core lectures delivered across language areas, covering questions such as nation and identity, gender, space and location, amongst other core theoretical frameworks.

■ enable students to analyse the texts in terms of their ideas, their formal features and their broader significance within German/French/Italian/Spanish/Russian/Portuguese language cultures

■ provide an appropriate framework of critical and interpretative materials and approaches

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ articulate knowledge of historical events in the respective countries in the periods studied

■ display an understanding of the texts/films studied and an ability to interpret them critically

■ appraise the main concepts covered in the core lectures and apply these concepts to the texts studied

■ identify and analyse key formal features of texts and demonstrate an understanding of their broader significance within German/French/Italian/Spanish/Russian/Portuguese language cultures

■ Understand the major critical approaches introduced in the course and use these appropriately in discussing course texts

Students must submit at least 75 per cent by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.