ENM5760

Visions and Revisions: Reworkings (12 points)

(ARTS)

Leader: Alan Dilnot

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis:

Objectives: Students successfully completing this course should have developed: 1. An understanding of the variety of ways in which literary texts may be considered as responses to precursor texts. 2. A recognition of how our own age interprets, evaluates and controls its cultural heritage by reworking it. 3. A grounding in the nature of the social circumstances and cultural conditions in which literature is produced. 4. An ability to articulate critical interpretations of the set texts in systematic written argument and in clear and confident oral presentation.

Assessment: Two seminar papers (1500 words; a literary exercise of 1500 words may be substituted for one of the seminar papers): 30% + Essay (2500 words): 30% + Essay (3500 words): 40%

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