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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : History

131-278/378 Myths of Australia

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Dr J Senyard

Contact:

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

Subject Description:

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. 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.

Assessment:

Tutorial participation (10%) and written work amounting to no more than 5000 words (90%).
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