ENH4640

The life of the text: genesis, production, reception

H Love

12 points - 2 hours per week - First semester - Clayton

Objectives Students completing this subject should have acquired an ability to analyse oral, scribal and print-media events, and to identify their historical formants and consequences. They should also possess enhanced writing and research skills.

Synopsis This subject is a study of the theory and practice of authorship, publication, and the transmission and reception of literary texts, from the earliest times to the present day.

Assessment Major project (4000 words): 40% - Essay (2500 words): 30% - Exercise (1500 words): 20% - Seminar paper (1000 words) and class contribution: 10%

Prescribed texts

Australian Government Publishing Service Style manual for authors, editors and printers 4th edn, AGPS
Ong W Orality and literacy Methuen

Recommended texts

Gaskell P A new introduction to bibliography OUP
Eco E Interpretation and overinterpretation CUP, 1992
Shillingsburg P Scholarly editing in the computer age 3rd edn, U Michigan P, 1996

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