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Leader: Dr Robert Briggs
Offered:
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Malaysia Second semester 2005 (Day)
Singapore Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Synopsis: The unit requires students to study a number of examples of recent fiction, drawn from a range of traditions (West Indian, US, British, for example) and exemplifying different kinds of formal developments. Issues include social, feminist and historical concerns in the texts studied.
Objectives: Students successfully completing the subject will have; 1. Demonstrated an ability to analyse and evaluate textual representations in terms of: stylistic elements; narrative form; aspects of literary theory (genre, authorship, postmodernism, psychoanalysis); 2. Literature and its relation to historical and social contexts. 3. Students will also have developed an understanding of a range of critical and theoretical approaches to literary studies and their place in the wider field of cultural studies.
Assessment: Essay (2000 words): 40% + Examination (2.5 hours): 60%
Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week
Prerequisites: COM1010 or GSC1402 and COM1020 or GSC1901 or equivalents
Prohibitions: GSC2405, GSC3405, WRT3405