ALL255 - Fantasy Literature
Unit details
| 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: | Geoff Boucher |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have completed one level 1 unit in Literary Studies, Children's Literature or Creative Writing |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALL274 |
| 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 (recordings provided) and 1 x 2 hour seminars equivalent |
Content
This unit examines fantasy literature through a study of texts across a broad historical period. It aims to bring together adult and children's fantasy to explore how these two genres operate. It introduces students to the literary fantastic through texts such as Frankenstein, "Carmilla" and The Turn of the Screw as well as contemporary fantasy literatures like Coraline and Northern Lights. Students will explore the relationship between fantasy texts and historical anxieties surrounding sexual transgression, madness, race and the death of God. Students will learn to read fantasy texts through theoretically informed frameworks and to think critically about the importance of the fantastic in literature.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Essay (2000 words) - 50%
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Choice of choice of creative response or essay (2000 words) - 50%