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131-278/378 Myths of Australia

Availability: Not offered in 1996.

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr J Senyard.

Contact: Three hours a week - one 2-hour lecture/workshop and one 1-hour tutorial per week.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to: reflect upon the nature and formation of cultural images, with particular reference to setting and period; examine critically the processes by which particular texts signify relationships of power; demonstrate an understanding of methodologies and theories related to the study of culture and ideology; demonstrate skills in inquiry-based learning and communicate effectively.

Content:

Within Australian culture, ideas of the spatial and social order have been interpreted through images and texts by successive generations and the ways in which images and ideas persist or change is a complex and constantly shifting process. This subject is designed to provide an opportunity to explore the representation of different themes in Australia society and to consider the features of cultural change.

Assessment:

Tutorial participation (10%) and written work amounting to no more than 5,000 words (90%).

Prescribed texts:

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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p130) : Next:131-279 | Prev:131-276

131-278/378 Myths of Australia

Availability: Not offered in 1996.

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Dr J Senyard.

Contact: Three hours a week - one 2-hour lecture/workshop and one 1-hour tutorial each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to: reflect upon the nature and formation of cultural images, with particular reference to setting and period; examine critically the processes by which particular texts signify relationships of power; demonstrate an understanding of methodologies and theories related to the study of culture and ideology; demonstrate skills in inquiry-based learning and communicate effectively.

Content:

Within Australian culture, ideas of the spatial and social order have been interpreted through images and texts by successive generations and the ways in which images and ideas persist or change is a complex and constantly shifting process. This subject is designed to provide an opportunity to explore the representation of different themes in Australia society and to consider the features of cultural change.

Assessment:

Tutorial participation (10 per cent); written work amounting to no more than 5,000 words (90 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

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Status:          Official 1996
Date created:    Oct  9 1995
Last modified:   Oct  9 1995
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