Undergraduate - UnitATS3502 - Post Modern and Contemporary English Literature

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	English
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2013 (Day) Clayton First semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Melinda Harvey

Notes

Previously coded ENH3530

Synopsis

The unit will examine representative examples of postmodern and contemporary literature from the English-writing world. The focus will be on the following topics and themes: irony and sincerity, metafiction, maximalism and minimalism, 9/11 literature, the rise of book ends and book futures

Outcomes

To develop a working knowledge of some of the most influential writers from the second-half of the twentieth century to now.
To recognise what makes postmodern and contemporary literature distinctive.
To understand the set texts within the social, political and cultural landscape of their times.
To gain advanced-level undergraduate competence in the reading and interpretation of literary texts.

Assessment

Written work: 80%
Class attendance, participation and activities: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Melinda Harvey

Contact hours

2 hours (1 lecture and 1 tutorial) per week

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

English
Literary studies (Literatures in English)

Prerequisites

A first-year and second-year sequence in Literary Studies or International Literatures