Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 82)
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Availability: Not offered in 1996; expected to be offered in 1997.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd or 3rd year
Coordinator: Mrs. Sylvia Sagona.
Prerequisite: A pass in Post-VCE first-year subjects or a pass in elementary stream second-year subjects in the French Section or in the Italian Section.
Contact: Three one-hour lectures or seminars a week.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- be able to recognise and interpret the themes of the major literary and artistic movements in France and Italy from 1820-1930;
- in the area of literature, be able to carry out detailed textual analysis (explication de texte);
- in the field of fine arts, be capable of pictorial analysis;
- be able to confidently express these ideas orally in either French or Italian.
Content:
The subject traces the theme of crises in the individual and in society in 19th and early 20th century literature and art in Italy and France. Emphasis will be placed on the influence of one culture on another and on how each society interpreted the movements of Romanticism, Realism and Surrealism.
Assessment:
Written assignment of 3,000 words (English) (50 per cent); 1 x 500 word ré sumé in French/Italian (10 per cent); 1 x 10 minute oral in French/Italian (20 per cent); 1 x 20 minute class presentation in French/Italian (20 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 82)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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