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106-102 "Modern Literature" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p52) : Next:106-103
Year 1 English.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Ken Ruthven.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have an understanding of some of the thematic and formal innovations as well as the controversies and contexts of early twentieth-century literature;
- will have an awareness of the relevance of recent innovations in literary-critical methodology to the study of early twentieth-century literature;
- will have acquired relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work;
- will be able to apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices to the material studied;
- will have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies, both critical and theoretical, on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.
Content:
This subject studies representative examples of early twentieth-century fiction, poetry and drama, reconsidered in the light of contemporary critical theory.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p52) : Next:106-103
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p97) : Next:106-103
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Ken Ruthven.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have an understanding of some of the thematic and formal innovations as well as the controversies and contexts of early twentieth-century literature;
- will have an awareness of the relevance of recent innovations in literary-critical methodology to the study of early twentieth-century literature;
- will have acquired relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work;
- will be able to apply flexible reading strategies and writing practices to the material studied; and
- will have a background of relevant knowledge and methodologies, both critical and theoretical, on which to base further studies in English and Cultural Studies.
Content:
This subject studies representative examples of early twentieth-century fiction, poetry and drama, reconsidered in the light of contemporary critical theory.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p97) : Next:106-103
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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