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131-054 The Working Class in History and Literature | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-261/361. Students who have completed 131-261/361 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Prof S Macintyre |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of first year History, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | Not Offered (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial 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 | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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