6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.
Faculty
Coordinator(s)
Not offered in 2017
Notes
Students need to contact the Arts Student ServicesArts Student Services (http://future.arts.monash.edu/contact-arts/) desk to enrol in the unit.
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:
- demonstrated an ability to analyse textual representations in terms of, including narrative form, aspects of literary theory (authorship, postmodernism, psychoanalysis)
- understand literature's relation to historical and social contexts
- 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
Written work(3000 words): 70% + Examination (2 hours): 30%
Workload requirements
2 hours (1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week
See also Unit timetable information
Chief examiner(s)
This unit applies to the following area(s) of study
Prerequisites
Completion of 36 points in any discipline
Prohibitions
ATS3498, ENH2405, ENH3405, GSC2405, GSC3405, WRT2405, WRT3405