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106-107 "Contemporary Writing" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p53) : Next:106-108 | Prev:106-101
Year 1 English.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Chris Wallace-Crabbe.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have a broad critical understanding of the traditions, contexts and innovations of post 1960s writing;
- will have demonstrated the ability to write, revise and self-edit in different genres;
- will be able to respond critically and creatively to contemporary 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 offers an introduction to some of the traditions, contexts and innovations of recent writing in English. It reads a range of works published since the 1960s, looking both at traditional genres and at the ways in which these genres have been imaginatively and critically dismantled. The texts are also here as examples, since this subject forms an introduction to the practical, technical and creative aspects of writing.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words, of which 50% will be for a literary-critical essay and 50% for a creative writing folio.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p53) : Next:106-108 | Prev:106-101
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p98) : Next:106-108 | Prev:106-101
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Chris Wallace-Crabbe.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully:
- will have a broad critical understanding of the traditions, contexts and innovations of post 1960s writing;
- will have demonstrated the ability to write, revise and self-edit in different genres;
- will be able to respond critically and creatively to contemporary 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 offers an introduction to some of the traditions, contexts and innovations of recent writing in English. It reads a range of works published since the 1960s, looking both at traditional genres and at the ways in which these genres have been imaginatively and critically dismantled. The texts are also here as examples, since this subject forms an introduction to the practical, technical and creative aspects of writing.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words, of which 50% per cent will be for a literary-critical essay and 50 per cent for a creative writing folio.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p98) : Next:106-108 | Prev:106-101
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