Advanced Topics: Plotting Terror in European Culture, Spring 2004
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Abstract: This interdisciplinary course surveys modern European culture to disclose the alignment of literature, opposition, and revolution. Reaching back to the foundational representations of anarchism in nineteenth-century Europe (Kleist, Conrad) the curriculum extends through the literary and media representations of militant organizations in the 1970s and 80s (Italy's Red Brigade, Germany's Red Army Faction, and the Real Irish Republican Army). In the middle of the term students will have the opportunity to hear a lecture by Margarethe von Trotta, one of the most important filmmakers who has worked on terrorism. The course concludes with a critical examination of the ways that certain segments of European popular media have returned to the "radical chic" that many perceive to have exhausted itself more than two decades ago.
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- How did you use this material?
I used this material for my own personal growth as an individual at the moment. In the future, I will consider using this material for potential high school English classes.
- Did you augment the material?
No.
- In which courses or programs did you use the material?
I am currently using this material as part of a project for a Technology in Education class. In the future, I would use the material provided in this course in a high school English or AP English class.
- Clarity
Yes, the material was clear and easy to understand.
- Content Errors
No.
- How would you recommend using this material?
I would recommend using this material to get students interested in literature. Often, students are bored by English class. This material allows the students to realize how relevant literature actually is to the current events that are going on in life.
