Undergraduate - UnitATS2498 - Contemporary fiction

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Sunway Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Paul Atkinson

Notes

Previously coded ENH2405

Synopsis

The unit analyses of range of contemporary texts that address issues of postmodernism, discourse, memorialisation and trauma. In particular, the unit explores the relationship between memory and narrative and how the present is connected to the past in inscription. The texts are drawn from a range of traditions (US, French, British, for example) and a range of media (novel, graphic novel and film).

Outcomes

Students successfully completing the subject will have: 1) demonstrated an ability to analyse textual representations in terms of, including narrative form, aspects of literary theory (authorship, postmodernism, psychoanalysis); 2) understand literature's relation to historical and social contexts; 3) develop 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 (3000 words): 70%
Examination (2 hours): 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Paul Atkinsonand Dr Andrew Ng Hock Soon (Sunway)

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Writing
English

Prerequisites

ATS1277 and ATS1278 or equivalent

Prohibitions

ATS3498, ENH2405, ENH3405, GSC2405, GSC3405, WRT2405, WRT3405