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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : History

131-261/361 The Working Class in History and Literature

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Professor S Macintyre

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour class per week

Subject Description:

This subject looks at the representation of work and workers in nineteenth and twentieth-century writing, in Europe, North America and Australia. It pays special attention to the themes of the working-class community, national and regional class formations, gender and class, and the politics of literature. At the completion of this subject students will be familiar with a range of working-class novels. They will appreciate the circumstances in which these novels were written, and the conditions of their circulation. They will be able to compare such texts with other historical sources.

Assessment:

Assessment will consist of one essay of about 2000 words (40%) and one essay of about 3000 words (60%).
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