GM2012 Unification to the First World War

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

10

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SCQF level

SCQF level 8

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Planned timetable

09:00-10:00 Mon

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Module coordinator

Dr A T Cusack

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This module traces the literary and cultural history of Germany in the nineteenth century during the rise and fall of the Second Empire. After the failure of the 1848 revolution in Germany and Austria-Hungary, the period sees the military unification of Germany by Prussia, creating the first modern German state in 1871, and its subsequent demise in the First World War. Culturally, the period produces great variety: the subtle narratives of the Realists find their counterpoint in the bold music dramas of Wagner and the prophetical iconoclast Friedrich Nietzsche, and while the Naturalists seek uncompromising reality, a generation of poets around 1900 revel in decadent beauty.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS GM1002 OR PASS GM1004

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

2-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture (x 11 weeks), 1 tutorial (x 11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

22

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

78

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.