Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Modernism

• Unit Code

  CCC2106

• Year

  2017

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Vahri Gae MCKENZIE

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Description

This unit explores the impact of the rapid social and technological changes of modernisation on the creative arts, including art, design, architecture, theatre, literature, photography and film. It also considers historic arts movements, such as expressionism and surrealism, and their link to human experience of the events of this time, their cross disciplinary impact and their translation into cultural production through to the present day.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed 60CP to enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CCC3104, CCI1104, CCC2105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Identify the key arts movements and styles and link them to forms of cultural production.
2. Critically analyse the ways in which cultural artefacts, such as the art, film and poetry of the period, are a product of their time and how they have contributed to contemporary cultural production.
3. Apply appropriate analytical and critical techniques, and theoretical models, to the arts practices of this period.
4. Integrate understanding of historic events with the changes to cultural production and the arts.

Unit Content

1. Production of creative works utilising the theories and manifestos of historic figures and movements of modernism through workshop activities.
2. Introduction to the historic and cultural context of modernism and its relationship to contemporary arts and cultural practices.
3. Introduction to key terms associated with modernism and the artistic production of the time.
4. Investigation of arts movements and styles associated with modernism and critical study of some specific works in each of these.
5. Application of key themes to modernist texts drawn from genres such as art, design, architecture, theatre, literature, photography and film.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and audio-visual presentations.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

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