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Decadence in European Art and Literature, 1857-1914 (P00411)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00411

This course studies key texts of the European decadent movement in their cultural, historical and artistic context. It explores common themes and motifs that are characteristic of the movement as a whole and symptomatic of the obsessions of fin-de-siecle Europe: degeneracy and decline, sadism and masochism, nature versus artifice. Particular attention is given to the interaction between literature, painting, and music in fin-de-siecle Europe and especially the roles of Richard Wagner, Gustave Moreau and Austrian Jugendstil.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course invites the comparative study of literary works of different linguistic and cultural origin. It encourages the exploration of interrelations between different literatures and between literature and other arts such as music, painting and film.