ALL230 - Re-Imagining Literature for Young People

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:

Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online)

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Leonie Rutherford

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

ALL330, ALL430, ALL630

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 2 hour Seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Online independent and collaborative learning experiences including 1 x 2 hour seminar equivalent

Content

Young people engage with multimodal narratives across a range of genres – stories that are heard, read, performed, screened, and interacted with. The first children’s literature was adapted, and often appropriated, from texts for adults: tales, romances or plays. Building on the study of narrative and genre from earlier units, this unit examines the transformation of texts within and across media, including adaptations of Shakespeare, picture books, graphic and prose novels, film and digital media texts. It introduces students to concepts such as fidelity, media specificity of narrative techniques, cultural context, cross-writing for broader audiences, and multimodal engagement. In addition, it provides students with techniques for critiquing these texts, their narrative discourse, marketing, and role in pedagogical, as well as entertainment, contexts.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) – Essay (1200 words or equivalent) – 30%

Assessment 2 (Individual) – Exercise (1000 words or equivalent) – 25%

Assessment 3 (Individual) – Essay (1800 words or equivalent) – 45%

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