CLS3075

Popular Fiction and Popular Culture (6 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Sarah McDonald

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: At the conclusion of the unit, students should be able: 1. To discuss and analyse popular fiction critically, using contemporary methodologies. 2. To explain the relations between culture and the fictions which circulate in it. 3. To understand, feel comfortable with and be able to articulate the analytical skills, theoretical vocabularies and conceptual apparatuses studied. 4. To demonstrate a sense of their own personal and cultural reflexivity as they observe and interpret the theories, concepts and texts analysed in the unit. 5. To write clear, grammatically and syntactically appropriate, independent essays on topics provided or chosen for assessment.

Assessment: One essay (2250 words): 50% + One class project (equivalent 2250 words): 50% + Third-year students will be invited to show a greater degree of theoretical reflexiveness in their projects

Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week