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Modern History

Stefano D'ATRI Modern History

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DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF6
FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
2017/2018

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
642LESSONS
STEFANO D'ATRI T Curriculum
Objectives
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE TEACHING IS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS OF MODERN HISTORY (FROM THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY) THROUGH A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PROCESSES WHICH SHAPED AND TRANSFORMED WESTERN CIVILISATION. THE TEACHING WILL ALSO EXAMINE THE BASIC METHODOLOGIES OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND THE MAIN HISTORIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ ANALYTICAL SKILLS, THEIR STATISTICAL DATA ELABORATION, THEIR HISTORIOGRAPHY ORIENTATION, THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THEIR ABILITY TO REFLECT CRITICALLY ON HISTORICAL ISSUES.
Prerequisites
TEACHING TOPICS REQUIRE GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF WRITTEN AND ORAL ITALIEN. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORICAL-GEOGRAPHIC AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE EUROPE AND THEIR GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS.
Contents
THE COURS WILL FOCUS ON THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY:
1.THE MODERN AGE. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERIES AND THE COLONIAL EMPIRES;
2.THE PRICES REVOLUTION;
3.RENAISSANCE AND MODERN STATE;
4.THE EUROPEAN STATES IN XVI CENTURY;
5.THE PROTESTANT REFORM;
6.THE RELIGIOUS WARS IN EUROPE;
7.THE COUNTER REFORM;
8.THE MEDITERRANEAN EUROPE AND THE ATLANTIC EUROPE;
9.THE CRISIS OF XVII CENTURY;
10.THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND THE CULTURAL CHARACTERS IN EUROPE;
11.POLITICS AND SCIENCE IN XVII CENTURY;
12.THE ABSOLUTE STATE. LA FRANCE OF LOUIS XIV;
13.THE MERCANTILISM. THE RISE OF HOLLAND AND ENGLAND;
14.THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION;
15.THE AGRARIAN REVOLUTION AND EARLY INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION;
16.THE XVIII CENTURY: THE WARS OF SUCCESSION;
17.THE ENLIGHTENMENT. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY;
18.THE REFORM IN EUROPEAN STATES;
19.THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION;
20.THE FRENCH REVOLUTION;
21.THE NAPOLEONIC EUROPE. THE RESTAURATION.
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING INCLUDES 42 HOURS OF LECTURES AND SEMINAR (6 CFU), DIVIDED INTO 32 HOURS OF LECTURES AND 10 OF SEMINAR (USING PROJECTIONS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS). DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FREQUENCY OBLIGATION. ATTENDING STUDENTS CAN GIVE PRE-APPEAL EXAMINATION IN MAY BRINGING AN AGREED PROGRAM WITH THE TEACHER.
Verification of learning
DISCUSSION AND ASSESSMENT DURINF THE TEACHING. THE OBJECTIVE OF TEACHING IS ACHIEVED BY PASSING THE EXAMINATION WITH THIRTY-ONE EVALUATION. THE EXAMINATION IS ORAL AND ALLOWS TO ESTABLIH:
1)THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE COURSE;
2)THE STUDENT’S ABILITY TO EXPOSE (LANGUAGE PROPERTIES, SYNTHESIS AND ARGUMENTATION SKILLS).
THE MINIMUM VOTE IS 18/30. THE PRAISE IS GIVEN TO THE STUDENT WHO REACHES THE MAXIMUM VOTE OF 30/30 AND IS ABLE TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED ALSO IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS FROM THOSE PROPOSED IN LESSON.
Texts
A MANUAL OF MODERN HISTORY OF YOUR OWN CHOISE:
F. BENIGNO, L'ETÀ MODERNA. DALLA SCOPERTA DELL'AMERICA ALLA RESTAURAZIONE, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2005;
G. GULLINO, G. MUTO, R. SABBATINI, A. CARACAUSI, STORIA MODERNA - MANUALE PER L'UNIVERSITA', NAPOLI, EDISES, 2014;
A. MUSI, LE VIE DELLA MODERNITÀ, FIRENZE, SANSONI, 2012;
A. SPAGNOLETTI, IL MONDO MODERNO, BOLOGNA, IL MULINO, 2005.
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