Studying at York
Print Culture in the 1790s - CES00009M
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
Module aims
- to introduce students to the best of late eighteenth-century political satire and other forms of print politics, by both 'high' and 'low' authors
- to explore that satire in the context of the political culture of Britain in the decade of the French Revolution.
- to introduce students to the skills and techniques of interdisciplinary research
Module learning outcomes
Subject content
- the varieties of political satire and other forms of print politics, their different social registers, and the different media in which they were published
- the relationship between these forms and other more 'literary' kinds of print, including, for instance, the literary ballad as against popular song
- a grasp of the some of the main political events and political conflicts in the period which became the occasions for the production of satires
- an awareness of the relations between patrician politics and plebeian culture
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Academic and graduate skills
- the research skills to elucidate political satires in connection with parliamentary debates, newspaper articles, political pamphlets and caricatures
- some grasp of the range of print cultures in late eighteenth-century Britain
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
Written feedback, given in Week 5 for original assessment, and within two weeks of submission for re-assessed work
Indicative reading
Bindman, David, The Shadow of the Guillotine: Britain and the French Revolution (London: British Museum Publications, 1989).
Donald, Diana, The Age of Caricature: Satirical Prints in the Reign of George III (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1996).
Godfrey, Richard, with Hallett, Mark, James Gillray: The Art of Caricature (London: Tate Publishing, 2001), esp. pp. 22-37, 90-185.
Thale, Mary: ed.), Selections from the Papers of the London Corresponding Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983).
Barrell, John, The Spirit of Despotism (Oxford 2006).