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131-245/345 "The Crises of Modern France: Society and Culture 1919 to 1995" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
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Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Associate Professor C Sowerwine.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to: demonstrate a general knowledge of the social, cultural and political history of France between 1914 and 1995; understand the causes and consequences of war, depression, fascism and the Holocaust; understand the struggles of workers, women and Jews; analyse cultural developments in the light of these struggles.
Content:
French society and culture from the Great War 1914 to the present. How did war, depression, fascism and the Holocaust affect French society in the first half of the century? How did French culture then represent and deal with these problems in the second half of the century? How did marginalised groups such as workers, women and Jews struggle for survival and then for justice? How did they represent themselves in this struggle?This subject can be preceded by 131-244/344 Class, Gender and Revolution: France 1815-1919 for a more complete understanding of the development of modern France.
Assessment:
Tutorial participation (10%) and written work totalling not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p101) : Next:131-246 | Prev:131-244
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p128) : Next:131-246 | Prev:131-244
Availability: Not offered in 1996.
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Associate Professor C Sowerwine.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to: demonstrate a general knowledge of the social, cultural and political history of France between 1914 and 1995; understand the causes and consequences of war, depression, fascism and the Holocaust; understand the struggles of workers, women and Jews; analyse cultural developments in the light of these struggles.
Content:
French society and culture from the Great War 1914 to the present. How did war, depression, fascism and the Holocaust affect French society in the first half of the century? How did French culture then represent and deal with these problems in the second half of the century? How did marginalised groups such as workers, women and Jews struggle for survival and then for justice? How did they represent themselves in this struggle?This subject can be preceded by 131-244/344 Class, Gender and Revolution: France 1815-1919 for a more complete understanding of the development of modern France.
Assessment:
Tutorial participation (10 per cent) and written work totalling not more than 5,000 words (90 per cent).
Prescribed texts:
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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p128) : Next:131-246 | Prev:131-244
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