Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 59)
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106-402 "Theorising Literary and Cultural Studies" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p59) : Next:106-403 | Prev:106-400
Year 4 English.
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Simon During.
Contact: One 2-hour seminar per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will have:
- an understanding of the relationship between literary theory and cultural studies today;
- a grasp of the theoretical schools of thought which bring cultural studies and literary studies into dialogue;
- a knowledge of the institutional and political framework in which literary studies and cultural studies relate to one another.
Content:
This subject will focus on interactions between literary and cultural studies, emphasising the fate of literary theory in an era of cultural studies. The relation between deconstruction and the new historicism on the one side and the politics of identity on the other will be of special interest.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 6,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. English, Faculty of Arts (v3, p59) : Next:106-403 | Prev:106-400
2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p49) : Next:106-431 | Prev:166-242
Year 4 Cultural Studies.
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: Simon During.
Contact: One 2-hour seminar per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject successfully will have:
- an understanding of the relationship between literary theory and cultural studies today;
- a grasp of the theoretical schools of thought which bring cultural studies and literary studies into dialogue;
- a knowledge of the institutional and political framework in which literary studies and cultural studies relate to one another.
Content:
This subject will focus on interactions between literary and cultural studies, emphasising the fate of literary theory in an era of cultural studies. The relation between deconstruction and the new historicism on the one side and the politics of identity on the other will be of especial interest.
Assessment:
Written work of not more than 6,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. Cultural Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p49) : Next:106-431 | Prev:166-242
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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