Module Identifier EL10920  
Module Title IMAGES OF EUROPE: THE EUROPEAN IMAGINATION  
Academic Year 2005/2006  
Co-ordinator Dr Andrew J Hussey  
Semester Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)  
Other staff Mr Agustin De Burgos Lopez, Dr Jane Wilkinson, Dr Andrew J Hussey  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours two essay questions  60%
Semester Assessment 2 x 1500 word essay  40%
Supplementary Exam 1 x 2 hour examination if continuous assessment submitted. 1 x 3-hour examination if no continuous assessment submitted.100%

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
- Situate debates on the issues of representation across diverse forms of narrative
- Articulate and show awareness of these debates in relation to the notion of 'Europe'
- Have an understanding of how specific European identities have been constructed in literary, political and aesthetic terms
- Demonstrate a grasp of the relationship between form and content in specific European contexts

Brief description

The aim of this course is to examine the construction of a specifically 'European' identity in each country and to consider to what extent these identities compare and contrast with each other. The objectives are to provide a broad understanding of the history and present meaning of the word 'European', and to identify cultural and political nuances across diverse forms of narrative. Specific issues which will be raised are the representation of the European city (Paris), European and non-European identities (with reference to German literature and the writings of Michel Houellebecq) and the experience of European war (Spain).

In the focused context of seminar work, students will be able to discuss issues with detailed reference to specific European cultures. Students will acquire a variety of critical approaches, and develop an informed awareness of the possibilities available to them as readers and critics. Thematically organised lectures provide a frame of reference on which students will draw in their close readings in seminars.

The module will be open to students outside the Department and presupposes no linguistic competence. The module is deliberately 'thin' in order to allow students, over the duration of the module, to assimilate the ideas concerend and to deepen their understanding of the general themes.

Content

LIST OF TOPICS/LECTURES

Introduction: 2 lectures, one seminar, weeks 1-2

Europe and France: 4 lectures, one seminar, weeks 3-6

Germany and Europe: 5 lectures, one seminar, weeks 7-11

Europe and Spain: 5 lectures, one seminar, weeks 12-16

Europe and its Others: 4 lectures, on seminar, weeks 17-20

Conclusion: 2 lectures, one seminar

Module Skills

Reading Lists

Books
** Supplementary Text
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre Amelie Momentum Pictures
Houellebecq, Michel Atomised Heinemann 434007935
Brook Austrians London : Harper Collins 2553848
Evans, Margery A. Baudelaire and Intertextuality Camb.U.P. 521365082
Contemporary German Cultural Studies Arnold 340764015
Goldscheider, L. El Greco edition 2nd ed . 1949
Davies, Norman Europe Oxf.U.P. 198201710
Ardagh, John Germany and the Germans edition 3r.e.of "Germany and the Germans" . Penguin 140252665
Glendinning, Nigel Goya and His Critics Yale U.P. 300020112
Tomlinson, Janis A. Painting in Spain Weidenfeld & N. 297836293
Said, Edward W. Orientalism Routledge 710000405
Hegel (1984) Lectures on the philosophy of history London : Bell
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (Firm) La Haine New York PolyGram Video
Brown, Jonathan Images and Ideas in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Painting Princeton U.P. 691003157
Atkinson history of Spain and Portugal Penguin
Klingender Goya in the democratic tradition edition New ed . Sidgwick & Jackson 283980389
Gassier, Pierre Goya Thames & H. 500090750
French Cultural Studies Oxf.U.P. 198715013
Harris, Enriqueta Velazquez Phaidon P. 714822310
Brown, Jonathan Velazquez Yale U.P. 300072937
Davies, David Velasquez in Seville New Haven ; London : Yale University Press 300069499
Brown, Jonathan "Velzquez, painter and courtier" Yale University Press
Scott, Clive Translating Baudelaire Univ.Exeter P. 859896587
Ritter, Gerhard The German problem Ohio State University Press
Baudelaire, Charles The flowers of evil Oxford University Press
Gudiol Ricart The complete paintings of Velazquez New York : Greenwich House
Jordan, William B. Spanish Still Life from Velazquez to Goya National Gallery Publications 1857090640
Roth, Joseph "Radetzky March, The" edition n.e. . Penguin 141185279
Stoljar, Margaret Mahony Philosophical Writings Albany
Prendergast, Christopher Paris and the Nineteenth Century edition n.e. . Blackwell 631196943
Sebald, W.G. "Emigrants, The" Harvill P. 186046128X
Berman Cultural studies of modern Germany Madison, Wis. ; London : University of Wisconsin Press 299140148
Ward Baudelaire and the poetics of modernity Vanderbilt University Press
Lloyd, Rosemary Baudelaire's world Cornell University Press

Journals
Hussey, Andrew (2002) New statesman The Pornographer's Manifesto http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=new+statesman&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition September 35-36. London : New Statesman 13647431
Hussey, Andrew (2000) Planet : the Welsh internationalist The Dubious Moral Universe of Michel Houellebecq http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=planet+the+welsh+internationalist&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 pages 53-58. Llangeitho 484288
Crowley, Martin (2002) Romance studies The Wreckage of Liberation http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=romance+studies&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20 edition 20 part 1 pages . 2639904

Web Page/Sites
BBC Four Documentaries http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/
The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Les Inrockuptibles, Le Figaro, El Pais, Die Welt http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/webvoy.htm
What is German? (Wagner, Richard) http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/subject/eurolang/
Official site of Michel Houellebecq http://houellebecq.info

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4