eng4cal cont app to lit
CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO LITERATURE
ENG4CAL
2014
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
In this subject students will read a body of work that traverses five centuries of literature in English, from Shakespeare to the present, and across three or more continents. The distinct approach taken in this subject brings together the close study of individual texts on one hand, and considerations of very contemporary debates, concepts and theoretical approaches on the other. It revisits the traditions that have shaped literary studies, looking at the ways literary texts arise from, depart from and return to orthodoxy; it studies different genres across time and place; it looks at 'time' and 'place' themselves; it looks at contestations over artistic 'centres' and 'margins', and the effects on these of theories and politics of decolonization, sexuality and gender.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points30
Subject Co-ordinatorSusan Thomas
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Enrolment in AHA
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Carpentaria | Prescribed | Wright, A. | GIRAMONDO |
| Readings | Loaded | Prescribed | Tsiolkas, C. | RANDOM HOUSE/VINTAGE |
| Readings | Lost Paradise | Prescribed | Milton, J. | NORTON CRITICAL EDITION |
| Readings | March | Prescribed | Brooks, Geraldine | HARPERPERENNIAL |
| Readings | Othello | Prescribed | Shakespeare, W. | PENGUIN |
| Readings | The God of Small Things | Prescribed | Roy, A. | HARPERCOLLINS |
| Readings | The Long song | Prescribed | Levy, A. | HEADLINE REVIEW |
| Readings | The Road | Prescribed | McCarthy, C. | PICADOR |
| Readings | The Solid Mandala | Prescribed | White, P. | PENGUIN |
| Readings | Twelfth Night | Prescribed | Shakespeare, W. | PENGUIN |
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Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorSusan Thomas
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 6.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"6 hours per week or equivalent"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| One 4000-word essay | 50 | |
| One 4000-word essay | 50 |