Unit name | Napoleon (Level I Special Field) |
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Unit code | HIST26003 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Will Pooley |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
HIST23008 Special Field Project |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Few figures have been as influential as Napoleon Bonaparte, revolutionary general and Emperor of France. Rather than the man himself, however, this course focuses on how the French Revolution, Napoleon, and the Empire were celebrated and attacked at the time, and since. The ‘legend of Napoleon’ has its roots in how art and visual culture, novelists, and diarists in France and beyond represented the Emperor and the Empire. This course will explore Romantic painting and literature, popular print and song culture, and first-hand accounts from British and French soldiers.
Students will learn about Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, administrative and legal reforms, religious policy, and ‘cultural imperialism’. What did people at the time think of the Empire, and its unique ‘citizen emperor’?
On successful completion of this unit, students should have developed:
1 x 2 hour seminar per week
1 x 2 hour exam