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 106-006 Contemporary Writing

Note

Formerly available as 106-107. Students who have completed 106-107 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

1st year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Garry Kinnane

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

Students will study a range of contemporary texts in different genres and will also develop a folio of their own creative writing, in response to the subject. They will develop a critical and historical understanding of the period, be aware of recent innovations in writing, gain an understanding of the theoretical implications of different genres and learn to use classes as workshop sessions for their own writing. In their study of literature since the 1970s they will develop the relevant knowledge on which to base further work in English and Cultural Studies.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words, comprising a literary-critical essay and a creative writing folio.

Prescribed Texts
  • D Malouf, Remembering Babylon.
  • J Winterson, Oranges are not the only Fruit.
  • J M Coetzee, Foe.
  • D Delillo, White Noise.
  • M Day, The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender.
  • T Morrison, Beloved.
  • P Mead & J Tranter (eds), Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry.
  • R Scott, Bladerunner.
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