Online Course
World War 1: Changing Faces of Heroism
University of Leeds via FutureLearn
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Overview
Did World War 1 make heroism meaningless or was it the conflict that gave it the most meaning? We’ve designed this course in partnership with the BBC to help you explore, discuss and challenge the ways in which World War 1 heroism has been remembered. Our experts will take you through the changing British, French and German views of heroism and discuss important similarities and differences.
Through discussion and analysis of art, literature, film and television, guided by our experts, you will explore the portrayals of heroism before, during and after the war. Drawing on rarely seen archive, you will be curating a mini exhibition, exploring a war memorial and writing a review of a representation of war.
Together we will examine the changing faces of heroism, from distant figureheads and brave warriors to the ordinary “Tommy” and front-line nurses. The emergence of alternative hero figures, including anti-war campaigners and vulnerable, shell shocked soldiers, is also covered. We hope you will join the University of Leeds and the BBC in a fascinating reflection on the place of heroism, in the centenary commemorations of World War 1.
This course is part of a series designed in partnership with the BBC to commemorate the war.
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Taught by
Alison Fell
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Reviews
3.8 rating, based on 4 reviews
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Alathea completed this course, spending 5 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be easy.
I did not complete the course. I had expected to learn about the ways in which the concept of heroism changed during and after WWI, but it seemed to me that the course was projecting a modern understanding of heroism back onto the 1914-18 period. -
Aana completed this course, spending 2 hours a week on it and found the course difficulty to be medium.
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Gabriella Volk completed this course.
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Doris Smith completed this course.