ALL101 - The Stories We Tell: Inventing Selves and Others

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Briohny Doyle

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

ALL401

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1 hour Class per week, 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 1 hour Class per week (recorded video) 1 x 2 hour discussion group participation per week

Content

This unit will equip students with the vocabulary needed to talk about literary texts and invite students to think about the vital role that fictions play in giving shape to our identities. The unit approaches literature and literary study as important pathways to unlocking our identities and understanding our lives, affirming the potential for transformation of the self that literary texts and study offer. Set texts include classics from literature, contemporary film works and avant garde texts.

Assessment

Assessment 1 - Introduction to Literary Studies Cloud (online) Quiz - 15%

Assessment 2 - 1000 word creative essay with 500 word critical appendix - 30%

Assessment 3 - 1500 word critical essay - 40%

Assessment 4 - Group Online Forum Conversation -15%

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