Course module LET-ACWB104 Credits (ECTS) 5 Category B1 (First year bachelor) Language of instruction Dutch, English Offered by Radboud University; Faculty of Arts; Cultural Studies; Lecturer(s) Previous 1-5 of 116-10 of 1111-11 of 11 Next 5 Lecturer dr. J.D.M. Baetens Other course modules lecturer Lecturer dr. C.C.J. van Eecke Other course modules lecturer Coordinator dr. D. Kersten Other course modules lecturer Examiner dr. D. Kersten Other course modules lecturer Contactperson for the course dr. D. Kersten Other course modules lecturer Academic year 2021 Period PER 4   (11/04/2022 to 30/08/2022) Starting block PER 4 Course mode full-time Remarks - Registration using OSIRIS Yes Course open to students from other faculties Yes Pre-registration No Waiting list No Placement procedure -

	Aims After completing the course, students are able to: situate works of art in their historical context; describe and characterize individual works of art on four levels: the artistic (works of art, stylistic characteristics and techniques); the mental (world view and ideology); the societal (politics and society); the economic (technology and the economy); analyze the interaction between works from different art disciplines from the period under scrutiny, from the perspective of a theme relevant to that period (e.g. “democratization”, “subjectivity”, “secularization”); individual reports and give group presentations. Content This chronologically as well as thematically structured course focuses on the history of the Western arts from the start of the Second World War to the present. Students will reflect on the place of works of art in their cultural and historical contexts; they will examine how works of art from different art disciplines were shaped by these contexts and how art disciplines interacted within a particular period or art movement. Thus, students will study the historical development of literature, music, theatre, visual art and architecture, paying special attention to the intertextual and intermedial relations between specific works of art. Throughout, they will apply and further develop their analytical skills in their description and explanation of works of art as products of the artistic, mental, societal and economic conditions of their time. Level Presumed foreknowledge Test information Specifics
	Required materials Book Title : European Literary History: An Introduction Author : Depourcq, Maarten and Sophie Levie (eds.) Publisher : London/New York: Routledge, 2018. Book Please make sure you buy the right edition (i.e. the 15th), which combines volumes I and II in one book. Check the ISBN number if you have the correct edition, indeed. ISBN : 9781305970113 Title : Visual Art: Gardner’s Art Through the Ages. The Western Perspective Author : Kleiner, Fred S. Publisher : Belmont: Wadsworth, 2016. Edition : 15 Book You may also buy the 9th edition (W.W. Norton & Company, 2014). Title : Music: A History of Western Music Author : Burkholder, J. Peter, Claude V. Palisca and Donald J. Grout. Publisher : New York: W.W. Norton, 2010. Print. Edition : 8 Book Title : Theatre: The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre Author : Brown, J.R., ed. Publisher : Oxford: Oxford UP, 2001. Print. Instructional modes Lecture + film Attendance Mandatory Yes Seminar Attendance Mandatory Yes General Lectures and seminars with weekly assignments, discussions and presentations. Tests Portfolio Test weight 30 Test type Project Opportunities Block PER 4, Block PER 4 Minimum grade 5,5 Written examen Test weight 70 Test type Digital exam with CIRRUS Opportunities Block PER 4, Block PER 4 Minimum grade 5,5