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1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p53) : Next:106-210 | Prev:106-109
Year 1 English.
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Anne Maxwell, Anne Neumann.
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 learnt about the ways in which colonised peoples in the English-speaking world have adopted and used the English language;
- will understand how race, gender and class differences are changing what counts as a literary classic;
- 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.
Content:
An introduction to the 'new' English literatures, emphasising the world-wide movement of English and literature in English through the historical processes of colonisation, diaspora, post-colonialism, and the reverse migration of formerly colonised peoples back to the centres of empire.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p53) : Next:106-210 | Prev:106-109
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-210 | Prev:106-109
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Anne Maxwell, Anne Neumann.
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 learnt about the ways in which colonised peoples in the English-speaking world have adopted and used the English language;
- will understand how race, gender and class differences are changing what counts as a literary classic;
- 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.
Content:
An introduction to the "new" English literatures, emphasising the world-wide movement of English and literature in English through the historical processes of colonisation, diaspora, post-colonialism, and the reverse migration of formerly colonised peoples back to the centres of empire.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 4,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-210 | Prev:106-109
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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