This module provides students with a history of several countries – and of increasingly globalising contexts – through the prism of two specific and frequently related social and political processes: Resistance and Revolution. From political revolutions, industrial revolutions and cultural revolutions to digital revolutions, critical analysis of each case study in the module interrogates the (often violent) formation of states, the origins of modernity, and the understandings and limits of freedom and power, while at the same time surveying resistance to the prevailing political and economic order in both pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary contexts. In tracing the histories of revolution and resistance in several settings, students gain a solid understanding of their local and transnational impact and legacy in the modern era heralded by the French Revolution of 1789
Private Study: 130
Contact Hours: 20
Total: 150
Main assessment methods
Written assignment (1,000 word equivalent) 35%
Essay (2,000 words) 65%
Reassessment methods
100% coursework (2,000-word essay)
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The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of theoretical approaches to revolution and resistance in varied national and regional settings drawn from Modern Languages, cultural studies and political/philosophical thought.
2 Apply these approaches in analysis of textual and visual materials relating to a broad range of national, regional and global cultural contexts.
3 Demonstrate inter-cultural awareness
4 Demonstrate understanding of how ideas and theories of resistance and revolution are communicated across geographic, linguistic, cultural and digital divides
5 Demonstrate awareness of the broader historical, geo-political, economic and cultural relations between revolutionary movements and societies shaping the modern world.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Analyse primary materials as appropriate, using up-to-date theoretical frameworks and relating works to the relevant socio-historical context
2 Use a range of established techniques to carry out independent analysis and research on cultural products and present their findings
3 Demonstrate critical thinking skills
4 Undertake independent research in the library, using appropriate academic databases online
5 Synthesise and evaluate information from a number of sources, deploying key techniques from the discipline.
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