ATS1903 - Introducing literature: Ways of reading - 2017

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

Literary Studies

Coordinator(s)

Dr Sascha Morrell

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2017 (Day)

Clayton

  • First semester 2017 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit will introduce students to ways of reading and writing about literature that will equip them for further study of literatures in English, creative writing, and international literatures comparative literary studies. This unit invites students to consider a number of concepts important to the study of literature and cultural movements. Through the close reading of texts from a range of times, places and traditions students are encouraged to understand how the pleasure of reading individual works relates to thinking historically and critically.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this subject will have acquired:

  1. Enhanced competence in the close reading of literary texts;
  2. Familiarity with some key critical concepts and movements in literary history;
  3. Skills in written and oral argument appropriate to the study of literature.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60% + Exam: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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