PL30108: Art and politics
[Page last updated: 25 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 33%, ES 67% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Coursework (CW 33%)
- Essay (ES 67%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
* Analyse 'politically committed' works of literature and film in their historical context;
* Draw critical comparisons between different approaches to politically writing and filmmaking;
* Engage with critical opinion on works of 'politically committed' film and literature and produce their own responses to such opinion;
* Discuss the relationship between aesthetic form and political engagement.
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| Content: | In the unit, students will have the opportunity to engage with a series of key examples of politically committed literature and filmmaking in the 20th century and beyond. These will include examples of various kinds of avant-garde practice, as well as the work of socialist realist, existentialist and critical Marxist authors and filmmakers. The selection of texts will also include contemporary examples of engagement with the notion of political commitment. They will also be introduced to theories of art and artistic commitment in the context of modernity and postmodernity.
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| Skills: | Skills in critical analysis, conceptual thinking, precision in the use of written and spoken language, exercise of independent judgement, reasoned argument and the planning/conduct/reporting of non-quantitative research are developed and assessed in this unit.
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| Aims: |
* To provide students with a critical understanding of the notion of political commitment in European culture in the 20th century and beyond
* To help students to understand the relationship between literary and filmic aesthetics and politically committed artistic practice
* To allow students to situate politically committed literature and film in its historical context.
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| Course availability: |
PL30108 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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- UHPL-AYB34 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB35 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French and ab initio Mandarin) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB33 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB32 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French and ab initio Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB31 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French and German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB32 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French and Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB31 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German and ab initio French) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB38 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB39 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German and ab initio Mandarin) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB37 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB36 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German and ab initio Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB36 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German and Spanish) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB32 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish and ab initio French) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB36 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish and ab initio German) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB41 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish and ab initio Italian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB42 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish and ab initio Mandarin) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
- UHPL-AYB40 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish and ab initio Russian) with Year Abroad (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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