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1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p52) : Next:106-106 | Prev:106-104
Year 1 English.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Sue Martin.
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 various types of writing produced in the Victorian period in Britain, and with some of the main theoretical approaches to this writing from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;
- will be aware of some of the ways the term 'Victorian' has been used in social practice and cultural production;
- will understand the importance of historical contexts and processes in relation to literary production;
- 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 provides an introduction to a range of 'canonical' and popular literary texts across several genres written in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p52) : Next:106-106 | Prev:106-104
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p98) : Next:106-106 | Prev:106-104
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Sue Martin.
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 various types of writing produced in the Victorian period in Britain, and with some of the main theoretical approaches to this writing from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries;
- will be aware of some of the ways the term "Victorian" has been used in social practice and cultural production;
- will understand the importance of historical contexts and processes in relation to literary production;
- 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 provides an introduction to a range of "canonical" and popular literary texts across several genres written in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p98) : Next:106-106 | Prev:106-104
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