Undergraduate - UnitATS3495 - Victorian to modern English literature

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Melinda Harvey

Notes

Previously coded ENH3330

Synopsis

The unit examines some of the major works to emerge from the time of Queen Victoria's inauguration to the end of World War II. In particular, we will explore what has been dubbed 'the turn' from representational realism to formal experimentation in literature. Reference will be made to social changes and to the trends of thought accompanying these changes wherever this helps to suggest the chief characteristics of Victorian and Modern sensibilities.

Outcomes

On successful completion of the unit students will have:

An advanced understanding of the key writers and works of this period.
An advanced critical understanding of the aesthetic, philosophical and social issues at stake in the literature of this period.
Advanced undergraduate-level competence in the reading,interpretation, researching and discussion of literary texts.

Assessment

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

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Melinda Harvey

Workload requirements

2 hours per week or 22 contact hours per semester

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

Literary studies

Prerequisites

A cornerstone unit in Literary Studies or permission of unit coordinator.

Prohibitions

ATS2495