Undergraduate - UnitATS1276 - Tales of origin and transgression

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Stewart King

Notes

Previously coded CLS1020

Synopsis

This subject will explore dimensions of the contextual study of literary and other texts, focusing in particular on narrative structures, ideology and intertextuality. These concerns will be pursued through the investigation of a series of related 'creation' stories, novels of development, narratives of national "birth," migration and displacement, from Genesis to contemporary literature from various literary and cultural traditions.

Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this subject will have acquired:

a basic understanding of the role of narrative, ideology and intertextuality in textual communication;
familiarity with the historical transformations of a foundational narrative of Western culture (the Biblical Creation/Fall narrative) in literature and popular culture;
familiarity with critical theory related to the literary texts and contexts examined;
greater competence in textual analysis and interpretation;
further skills in academic essay writing in the area of literary and cultural studies.