The life of the text: genesis, production, reception
Harold Love
8 or 12 points
* 2 hours per week
* First semester
*
Clayton
Objectives Students completing this subject should have acquired an ability to analyse oral, scribal and print-media events, and to identify their historical formants and consequences. They should also possess enhanced writing and research skills.
Synopsis This subject 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 (8 points) Major project (3000 words): 40%
* two
exercises (1500 words) each 25%
* Class contribution: 10%
Assessment (12 points) Major project: (4000 words): 40%
* Essay
(2500 words): 30%
* Exercise (1500 words): 20%
* 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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