EUST2601 - Europe: Civilisation and Barbarism

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Peter Morgan
Phone: +61 2 9036 5480
Email: peter.morgan@sydney.edu.au

Description

What is European civilisation? Is it just the product of history? Or are other factors involved in its development? One way of coming to an understanding of Europe is to consider its literary and intellectual encounters with other nations, cultures and civilisations as well as with itself. The aim of this unit is to consider the ways in which Europeans have confronted and questioned their civilization since the Renaissance, through the study of literary and theoretical texts.

Assessments

1x500wd assignment (15%), 1x3000wd essay (50%), 1x1-hr exam (20%), class participation (15%)

Classes

1x2-hr seminar/week, 1x1-hr tutorial/week

Prerequisites

18 Junior credit points from Part A of the Table of Units of Study

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