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106-269/369 "Contemporary Literary Theory" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p55) : Next:106-272 | Prev:106-268
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd year
Coordinator: Justin Clemens.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will:
- be able to understand historical developments and contemporary debates in the field of literary theory - semiotics, formalism, marxism, feminism, poststructuralism, queer theory, postcolonialism and postmodernism;
- be able to apply their understanding of these developments and debates analytically to a range of literary texts;
- have developed cross-disciplinary skills for both the reading and the writing of literary theory.
Content:
This subject aims to provide an introductory account of some of the major theories that have transformed the study of literature in the twentieth century. The subject will foreground several crucial and ongoing problems in literary theory (e. g. What is a text? What is an author? How do issues of race, class, gender, sexuality play themselves out in texts? etc. ) by way of a detailed and critical examination of a variety of theoretical texts.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p55) : Next:106-272 | Prev:106-268
2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p100) : Next:106-272 | Prev:106-268
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Justin Clemens.
Contact: One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will:
- be able to understand historical developments and contemporary debates in the field of literary theory - semiotics, formalism, marxism, feminism, poststructuralism, queer theory, postcolonialism and postmodernism;
- be able to apply their understanding of these developments and debates analytically to a range of literary texts; and
- have developed cross-disciplinary skills for both the reading and the writing of literary theory.
Content:
This subject aims to provide an introductory account of some of the major theories that have transformed the study of literature in the twentieth century. The subject will foreground several crucial and ongoing problems in literary theory (e. g. What is a text? What is an author? How do issues of race, class, gender, sexuality play themselves out in texts? etc. ) by way of a detailed and critical examination of a variety of theoretical texts.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. English, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p100) : Next:106-272 | Prev:106-268
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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