This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. Students can take this course in any year of their studies.
This course is available on the BA in History, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and History. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students. Students can take this course in any year of their studies.
10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the MT. 10 hours of lectures and 10 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of classes in the ST. Structured activities during the reading week in the MT and LT. Revision workshops and tutorals in the ST. This course has reading weeks in week 6 of Michaelmas and Lent terms.
Students will be expected to produce 2 essays and 1 presentation in the MT and LT.
H. G. Wells The Time Machine; A.?Huxley Brave New World; G.B. Shaw Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress; E. Zamyatin We; G. Orwell Animal Farm & 1984; M. Bulgakov?The Heart of a Dog;?W. H. Auden?poems; V.?Mayakovsky?poems; A.?Solzhenitsyn A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; A.?Makine A Life's Music; M.?Kundera The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Ian Fleming From Russia with Love; T.?Stoppard Professional Foul; S. Dovlatov The Suitcase; B.?Chatwin Utz.
Exam (70%, duration: 3 hours) in the summer exam period. Essay (30%, 2500 words) in the LT.