Focus 201 - FOCUS: Nationalism and Identity: The Making of Modern Europe

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Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

This course is a reading-and-discussion seminar designed for students interested in an interdisciplinary program in history, literature, and language. It covers a series of major topics in French and German history, beginning with the French Revolution and culminating in the origins of World War I. The unifying theme is the concept of the nation and development of nationalism. Major topics include Napoleon, the revolutions of 1848, and German unification; related topics include such issues as women and the concept of the nation. The seminar reads texts such as the Abbe Sieyes' "What is the Third Estate?" (in translation) and will review excerpts from such films as Abel Gances's Napoleon and Jean Renoir's La Marseillaise.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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