ALL101 - The Stories We Tell: Inventing Selves and Others

Unit details

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Year:

2020 unit information

Important Update:

Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.

Last updated: 2 June 2020

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online), CBD*

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Briohny Doyle
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

ALL401

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

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

Note:

*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery

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.

 

These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit

At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Apply knowledge of literary history, modes, concepts, language to the real-world function of literary texts and literary study

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Use a broad range of vocabulary in reading and analysis which include the comparative evaluation of texts and the critical investigation of crucial text-world relationships in a well-structured way using both oral and written communication

GLO2: Communication

ULO3

Apply knowledge of how different social and cultural contexts have an impact on literature and language, and explore ethics relating to social conduct and responsibility in order to engage in a scholarly and professional manner in a local, national and international context

GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO4

Employ a range of digital communication technologies to conduct literary research to express your knowledge and judgements in a variety of forms

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO5

Analyse, evaluate and synthesise knowledge and express your judgements and inquiries in a variety of forms and appropriate registers, with a growing understanding of literary studies conventions of writing and criticism to generate new, innovative and creative solutions

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO6

Demonstrate autonomy, responsibility and a continued commitment to learning and skill development, as a reflective and self-directed practitioner to pursue life-long learning

GLO6: Self-management

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Introduction to Literary Studies Cloud online Quiz   15% Week 2
Assessment 2 - 1000 word creative essay with 500 word critical appendix   30% Week 7
Assessment 3 - Group Online Forum Conversation   15% Week 11
Assessment 4 - Critical essay 1500 words 40% Week 11

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALL101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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