Module Identifier HY34320  
Module Title HISTORY IN CARTOONS: STUDYING GEORGIAN SATIRICAL PRINTS  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Dr Martyn J Powell  
Semester Intended for use in future years  
Next year offered N/A  
Next semester offered N/A  
Mutually Exclusive HY33220 Single & Joint Honours History students only, HY33320 , HY33620 , HY33720 , HY33820  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   20 Hours 10 x 2 hours  
Assessment Semester Assessment   Essay: 1 x 1,500 word essay, seminar presentation and report   40%  
  Semester Assessment   Assignment: 1 x 5,000 word assessed project   60%  

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
a) Demonstrate familiarity with a wide range of knowledge of Georgian satirical prints.
b) Demonstrate an understanding of a range of approaches to the study of visual evidence.
c) Read, analyse and reflect critically on primary texts.
d) Develop the ability to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of particular historical arguments and where necessary challenge them.
e) Gather, sift and critically assess both primary and secondary source materials.
f) Work both independently and collaboratively and to participate in group discussion.

Brief description

This module is designed to introduce students to the uses of visual evidence, more particularly eighteenth century caricature. Students will learn how to 'read' paintings and cartoons, enabling them to discover explicit and hidden messages in these 'texts'. The role of art and caricature will be examined in relation to: political life; propaganda and nation-building; women and the construction of gender; attitudes towards the lower orders; and views on luxury, consumption and fashion. The work of Hogarth, Gillray, Rowlandson and the Cruickshanks will come under detailed scrutiny, allowing us to trace the progression of the satirical print through the reign of George III until its demise in the early nineteenth century.