eng2naa narrative analysis
NARRATIVE ANALYSIS
ENG2NAA
2016
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this second-year core subject, students will be introduced to key questions in the study of twentieth- and twenty-first-century narrative, including: what is narrative, what is text, what is aesthetic form and how does it shape narrative possibilities? Students will work with examples from fiction and non-fiction, including: realism, anti-realism, and the autobiographic text. The subject will bridge literary studies and creative writing, enhancing the critical and creative skills of students# writing practices. This subject addresses La Trobe's Global Citizenship Essential. Global Citizenship entails deep appreciation of how we live in an interconnected world. From the point of view of literary studies, this is implied in the ways by which we write and read our-selves and others across cultures and boundaries. This subject offers students an in-creased capacity to identify and communicate our subjectivity and intersubjectivity in a global environment. Importantly, it also helps students imagine the needs of future citizens of the world through their fictions.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorSofia Ahlberg
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 15 credit points of first year English or HUS1PWR
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditions This is the second-year core subject for an English Major in the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Listen Deeply | Prescribed | Kemarre Wallace, K., | IAD PRESS 2010 |
| Readings | Rings of Saturn | Prescribed | Sebald, WG. | LONDON: HARVILL PRESS 1996 |
| Readings | The Invention of Solitude | Prescribed | Auster, P | PENGUIN 1988 |
| Readings | The Map and the Territory; | Prescribed | Houellebecq, M. | LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 2011 |
| Readings | Blood Meridian | Prescribed | McCarthy, C. | Random House |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Identify and apply relevant critical and theoretical concepts to analyse narrative, text, and aesthetic form, and the relationships between them
- Activities:
- Write clear, well-organized and proof read short pieces and a longer essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
02. Develop students# literary knowledge to achieve fluency in multiple creative and critical approaches to narrative and aesthetic form that help students recognise how the humanities respond to global change
- Activities:
- Write short pieces and a longer essay demonstrating critical appreciation of the issues in specific cases; engage in informed tutorial discussions of the prescribed texts
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
03. Organise and express a persuasive written argument about a literary text, supported by appropriate evidence
- Activities:
- Write short pieces and a longer essay demonstrating critical appreciation of the issues in specific cases; engage in informed tutorial discussions of the prescribed texts
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
04. Demonstrate a critical sensibility in the analysis of literary texts from diverse social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds
- Activities:
- Write short pieces and a longer essay demonstrating critical and analytical reasoning in specific cases; engage rationally with diverse views in tutorial discussions of the prescribed texts
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
05. Learn a creative and critical vocabulary for exploring the complex relationships that connect us to our cultural contexts by a deepening appreciation and discernment of a range of narrative styles and authorial voices from around the world.
- Activities:
- Work in a sustained fashion week to week on the online modules, attend tutorials regularly and participate in discussion in a way that demonstrates good preparation.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
Subject options
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Albury-Wodonga, 2016, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSofia Ahlberg
Class requirements
Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours scheduled online class per week on weekdays at night from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"Students please note that this is instead of the face-to-face seminar"
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture/workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| workbook 2000 words | Draft of Workbook 200-500 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
| Essay 2000 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
Bendigo, 2016, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSofia Ahlberg
Class requirements
Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours scheduled online class per week on weekdays at night from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"Students please note that this is instead of the face-to-face seminar"
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture/workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| workbook 2000 words | Draft of Workbook 200-500 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
| Essay 2000 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
Melbourne, 2016, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSofia Ahlberg
Class requirements
Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours scheduled online class per week on weekdays at night from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"Students please note that this is instead of the face-to-face seminar"
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture/workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| workbook 2000 words | Draft of Workbook 200-500 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
| Essay 2000 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
Mildura, 2016, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSofia Ahlberg
Class requirements
Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours scheduled online class per week on weekdays at night from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"Students please note that this is instead of the face-to-face seminar"
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture/workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| workbook 2000 words | Draft of Workbook 200-500 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
| Essay 2000 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
Shepparton, 2016, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSofia Ahlberg
Class requirements
Scheduled Online ClassWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours scheduled online class per week on weekdays at night from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via online.
"Students please note that this is instead of the face-to-face seminar"
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours lecture/workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| workbook 2000 words | Draft of Workbook 200-500 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |
| Essay 2000 words | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 |