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Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ENM4640/5640

The life of the text: genesis, production, reception

Harold Love

8 or 12 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis This subject (formerly `Aims and methods of literary research') is a study of the theory and practice of authorship, publication and the transmission and reception of literary texts from the earliest times to the present day.

Assessment Major project: (5000 words): 50% + Essay (3000 words): 30% + Exercise (1500 words): 10% + Seminar paper and class contribution: 10%

Prescribed texts

Australian Government Publishing Service Style manual for authors, editors and printers 4th edn, AGPS, 1988
Ong W Orality and literacy Methuen

Recommended texts

Gaskell P A new introduction to bibliography OUP, 1988
Eggert P (ed.) Editing in Australia NSWUP
EcO E Interpretation and overinterpretation CUP

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