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MO3956   Nationalism and Language in Central Europe (Evening Degree)

Academic year(s): 2017-2018

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 1

Availability restrictions: Available only to students on the Evening Degree Programme

Planned timetable: Thu 6.30 - 9.00 pm

Language was the ideological and practical basis for the emergence of national movements in Central Europe in the nineteenth century, and for the subsequent creation of nation-states in the region during the following century. This is often acknowledged but rarely explored. This module will investigate the process of making ethnolinguistic nations and their polities, the ideological and political underpinnings of this process, and their social ramifications in a comparative and interdisciplinary framework, over the time-span running from the Napoleonic Wars to the breakup of Yugoslavia. The significance of ethnolinguistic nationalism for the current situation in the region and for the situation in present-day Belgium, Northern Ireland and Spain will also be discussed.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must take SC1901 or take MO2901

Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take MO3333

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 2-hour seminar, plus 1 office hour.

Scheduled learning hours: 20

Guided independent study hours: 280

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 3-hour Written Examination = 60%, Coursework = 40%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 60%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 40%

Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: Dr T D Kamusella