6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
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Faculty
Organisational Unit
Malaysia School of Arts and Social Sciences
Chief examiner(s)
Dr Joseph Nicholas Goh Geok Lin
Coordinator(s)
Mr Ron Jeyathurai Backus; (Ron.Jeyathurai@monash.edu)
Unit guides
Prerequisites
Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Prohibitions
ATS2499, ATS3499
Synopsis
This unit explores the various twentieth century theories on authorship and their relationship to the practices of reading. Topics range from the Romantic notion of authorship, to the authorship of autobiographies and films.
Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit students should:
- Be able to critically evaluate the range of practices employed in authorial criticism;
- Understand how theories of authorship have changed in the movement from Romanticism to structuralism;
- Comprehend the difference between the subject writing and the empirical author;
- Have a working knowledge of the relationship between film style and authorial expression;
- Be able to identify the key features of auteur theory and understand how it is used as a means of classification in film theory.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 100%
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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