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 131-278 Myths of Australia

Note

Available as 131-378 at 3rd-year level.

Availability

Not offered in 1998.

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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