Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 54)
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106-241/341 "Postcolonial Writing" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-246 | Prev:106-225
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:111-218 | Prev:131-288
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Anne Maxwell.
Contact: One 1.5-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will:
- demonstrate an understanding of the complexity and range of postcolonial textual production;
- show an understanding of some of the major theoretical debates surrounding postcolonial literature and criticism;
- bring an interdisciplinary approach to the study of postcolonial texts;
- demonstrate an understanding of the links between nationalism and postcolonial literature and theory;
- show an understanding of the phenomenon of postcolonial writing as a distinct but heterogeneous category of cultural production with its own history and tradition, distinct from but related to other contemporary discourses such as modernism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism.
Content:
This subject offers a study of recent fiction, theory and film by postcolonial writers living in both the postcolonial and metropolitan worlds. It aims to introduce students to a range of literary practices touching on issues such as nationalism, transnationalism, multiculturalism, biculturalism, diasporan experience, ethnicity, race and gender.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p54) : Next:106-246 | Prev:106-225
2. Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p23) : Next:111-218 | Prev:131-288
3. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-246 | Prev:106-225
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Anne Maxwell.
Contact: One 1.5-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will:
- demonstrate an understanding of the complexity and range of postcolonial textual production;
- show an understanding of some of the major theoretical debates surrounding postcolonial literature and criticism;
- bring an interdisciplinary approach to the study of postcolonial texts;
- demonstrate an understanding of the links between nationalism and postcolonial literature and theory; and
- show an understanding of the phenomenon of postcolonial writing as a distinct but heterogeneous category of cultural production with its own history and tradition, distinct from but related to other contemporary discourses such as modernism, postmodernism, marxism and feminism.
Content:
This subject offers a study of recent fiction, theory and film by postcolonial writers living in both the postcolonial and metropolitan worlds. It aims to introduce students to a range of literary practices touching on issues such as nationalism, transnationalism, multiculturalism, biculturalism, diasporan experience, ethnicity, race and gender.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTACT, OBJECTIVES, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p99) : Next:106-246 | Prev:106-225
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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