Reading and Writing Australian History (12 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: Graeme Davison
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate their ability to examine issues of historiography and method through a critical reading of selected Australian historians. 2. Analyse some of the key elements of historical prose, such as story-telling, beginnings and endings, transitions, scene-setting, characterisation, placing oneself in the text, addressing different readerships, documentation and the onus of proof, irony and indirection, the use of different voices and tropes, formal and colloquial prose. 3. Demonstrate a high level of development of practical skills in reading and writing historical prose.
Assessment: Essays and writing exercises (9000 words): 100%
Contact Hours: 2 hour seminar per week
Prohibitions: HYM4120, HYM5120
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