Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Cultures of Protest and Terror in West Germany, 1967-1977
School	Lan, Cult, Art Hist & Music
Department	Modern Languages
Module Code	09 39273
Module Lead	Nick Martin
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-10 hours Seminar-20 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The module explores the history, politics and cultural memory of the West German student movement and its violent offshoot, the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF) aka the Baader-Meinhof Group, during the period 1967–1977. Materials studied will include contemporary media reports, terrorist manifestos and communiqués, a selection of documentary and feature films as well as (semi-) fictional writings by various authors on protest and terror in West Germany. The classes will be taught in a mixture of English and German
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of the motivations, aims and methods of the student movement and of terrorist groups in West Germany in the period 1967-1977; demonstrate a good understanding of cultural and media responses to political protest and political violence of the 1960s and 1970s as well as of their transnational dimensions (France, Italy, UK, USA), especially in the context of religiously and politically motivated terrorism today. demonstrate enhanced developed powers of textual analysis, academic discussion and essay writing.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Essay of 3,500 words in English (100%) Reassessment: Re-submit failed component
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Reading List