EURA204-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

European Novels and Film Adaptations

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

A study of important European novels and their film adaptations.

This course studies major nineteenth-and-twentieth centuries European novels in English and their adaptations in the in the countries of their origin and other countries. We shall read and discuss great novels written by major European writers and the way in which they have been put into films by contemporary film directors in the respective countries.

Learning Outcomes

  • In this course you will learn:
  • Specialised knowledge in two major genres of European creativity: the novel and the film.
  • Understanding of key approaches to major novels and serious films, and ability to present scholarly arguments in this field.
  • Awareness of the importance of contextualization for the understanding of historical and cultural phenomena, notably recent adaptation of classic works of the past.
  • Great curiosity about the phenomenon of creative works crossing boundaries of genre, of period and of country.
  • Enhanced intercultural understanding.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

Any 45 points.

Restrictions

CINE214, ENGL305, EULC 204, EULC 304, EURA304, RUSS 215, RUSS 216

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Henrietta Mondry

Lecturer

Nicholas Wright

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay One 35%
Essay Two 35%
In-class quiz 30% Short questions on the contents of all primary sources: novels and films. Duration of the test: 50 minutes


There is no final exam in this course.

Textbooks / Resources

The course studies the following novels and films:
- Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'
- Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
- Fedor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'
- Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina'
- Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'

(Image: "Crime & Punishment mural at the Dostoyeskaya station in Moscow" by Jim Forest, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.)

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $746.00

International fee $3,038.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All EURA204 Occurrences

  • EURA204-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018