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Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2007 (Day)
South Africa Second semester 2007 (Day)
The concepts of the 'primitive' and the 'civilised' and the relationships between them as depicted in literary texts from the Renaissance to the present. The 'worlds' of the unit's title include individuals (eg the country-dweller and the city-dweller) and national cultures (eg aboriginals and white settlers); in the latter particularly, the conflict between the two is examined in the context of post-colonialism.
Students successfully completing this subject should:
Exercise (1000 words): 20%
Essay (1500 words): 30%
Examination (2 hours): 40%
Class participation: 10%
2.5 hours (1 lecture and 1 tutorial) per week