eng4poe poetics, aesthetics, performativity

POETICS, AESTHETICS, PERFORMATIVITY

ENG4POE

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Credit points: 30

Subject outline

The key terms of this subject (poetics, aesthetics, and performativity) refer to some of the most influential ideas in arts practice and theory today. Central to these ideas are questions such as: how are meanings made in a literary, filmic or dramatic text? Are meanings carried in narrative alone, or does aesthetic form also shape what meanings a text can carry? How are concepts such as "meaning" and "knowledge" made and contested in the arts? What possibilities are there for the arts today to unsettle and destabilise received ideas of the world and bring about a "revolution in feeling"? This subject introduces students to these ideas through a range of texts, including modernist and postmodernist examples.

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences

Credit points30

Subject Co-ordinatorAlison Ravenscroft

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Available as ElectiveNo

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Prerequisites Enrolment in AHA or AHCA or AHMS

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Learning resources

Tender Buttons

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AuthorStein, Gertrude

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Ulysses

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AuthorJoyce, James

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Afterglow: A Dog Memoir

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AuthorMyles, Eileen

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The Name of the Rose

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AuthorEco, Umberto

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Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

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Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. A knowledge of concepts central to understanding contemporary theories of poetics, aesthetics and performativity
02. Knowledge and understanding of a range of critical and theoretical texts studied in the subject,
03. Knowledge of academic citation and referencing protocols.
04. The capacity to put this knowledge and understanding to effective use in the course of the development of the student's argument.
05. To write cogent and well-structured essays that mobilise students' reading and understanding of the relevant texts.

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