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106-103 "Twentieth-century Australian Writing" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p52) : Next:106-104 | Prev:106-102
Year 1 English.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Garry Kinnane.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will be familiar with a diverse selection of fictional and poetic texts written in Australia in the twentieth century;
- will have an understanding of the authorial and cultural contexts of the fictional and poetic texts studied;
- will have an understanding of the roles of gender, class, ethnicity and race, both in specific acts of reading and in fictional and poetic representations of Australian culture more generally;
- 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 introduces students to a range of twentieth-century Australian writing, particularly in the genres of fiction and poetry. It aims to provide students with a detailed historical and cultural context for each of the texts studied.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p52) : Next:106-104 | Prev:106-102
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p97) : Next:106-104 | Prev:106-102
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Garry Kinnane.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will be familiar with a diverse selection of fictional and poetic texts written in Australia in the twentieth century;
- will have an understanding of the authorial and cultural contexts of the fictional and poetic texts studied;
- will have an understanding of the roles of gender, class, ethnicity and race, both in specific acts of reading and in
- fictional and poetic representations of Australian culture more generally;
- 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 introduces students to a range of twentieth-century Australian writing, particularly in the genres of fiction and poetry. It aims to provide students with a detailed historical and cultural context for each of the texts studied.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p97) : Next:106-104 | Prev:106-102
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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