Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Unit

ENM4370 - Contemporary Australian poetry and fiction

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Not offered in 2010
Coordinator(s)	Michael Ackland

Synopsis

Issues in contemporary Australian writing and criticism. Identity (national, gender, racial) and how post-modern fiction interrogates its very concept and destabilises existing definitions through a range of stylistic strategies.

Assessment

Two essays (2500 words each): 60%
Essay (4000 words): 40%

Contact hours

2 hour seminar per week