EUROP 320R
European Literature, Art, and Culture
International and Area Studies
Kennedy Center for International Studies
Course Description
In-depth study of key themes, genres, and movements across Europe, emphasizing contemporary trends in the literary and visual arts and methods of critical reading and writing in the humanities. Topics and texts vary by instructor.
When Taught
Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
0
Other Prerequisites
EUROP 200 & HIST 250.
Title
Knowledge of important European writers, artists, movements, and genres
Learning Outcome
Students will extend and deepen their understanding of a wide range of important European writers, thinkers, artists, movements, and genres. Besides learning to interrogate the potential strengths and limitations of generalized notions of "European culture," students will develop a comparative sense of regional or national departures from or variations upon literary and artistic norms. Assessment measures: course exams and research papers, graduation exit exams and focus groups.
Title
Familiarity with analytic and interpretive modes from the humanities
Learning Outcome
Students will become conversant in many of the critical, descriptive, and interpretive modes characteristic of discourse in humanistic disciplines. They will learn to analyze works of European literature and visual art from formal, aesthetic, philosophical, and socio-political perspectives. Assessment measures: course exams and research papers, senior papers for capstone course (EUROP 490R), graduate focus groups.
Title
Developing intellectual curiosity and aesthetic sensibilities
Learning Outcome
Students will come to understand what it means to be "cultured" in European society and will develop the intellectual curiosity, aesthetic sensibilities, habits, and tastes to fuel a life-long study of the best European literature, cinema, and art. Assessment measures: graduate focus groups, alumni surveys.
