ALL260 - Australian Literature
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Trimester 2 Unit Chair: | Lyn Mc Credden |
Trimester 3 Unit Chair: | Lyn Mc Credden |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Scheduled learning activities - campus: | Trimester 2 Burwood: 1 x 1 hour Class plus 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week Waurn Ponds: 1 x 1 hour Class (recordings provided at Geelong) plus 1 x 2 hour Seminar (Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11). 1 X 2 hour seminar equivalent online delivery (Weeks 6, 7, 9). Trimester 3 1 x 2-hour seminar week 1, 1 x 4-hour seminar in weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 |
Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Trimester 2 Cloud: Independent and Collaborative learning activities, including 1 x 1-hour Class (recordings provided) and 1 x 2-hour Seminar equivalent. Trimester 3 Cloud: Independent and collaborative learning activities including: 1 x 2-hour Seminar equivalent. |
Content
This unit introduces students to a range of Australian fiction, poetry and drama. A detailed understanding of writing genres and forms, and of Australian literary history, will entail readings of both early and contemporary texts. Students will learn to approach literary texts through thematic and theoretical focuses, with specific attention to Indigenous writing.
Assessment
Assessment 1 (Individual) - Exercise (2000 words or equivalent, including 500 word reflection on peer feedback) - 50%
Assessment 2 (Individual) - Essay (2000 words or equivalent) - 50%
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