ALL376 - Classics and Trash
Unit details
Year | 2018 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online) |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit chair: | Cassandra Atherton |
Prerequisite: | Successful completion of at least one second year literature unit |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | ALL316 |
Contact hours: | Campus: 1 x 1 hour Class per week, 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin |
Content
This unit charts the development of texts over time to examine how and why some reach canonical status and others are labelled as ‘trash’ and ‘cult’. Examination of texts such as Pride and Prejudice, Alice in Wonderland, Breakfast at Tiffany’s as ‘classics’ will be examined against Bloom’s, Harris’, Kermode’s and Guillory’s analysis on the cultural canon. These ‘classic’ texts will be juxtaposed with television series such as True Blood and other contemporary texts which have been considered ‘trash’ or have some ‘cult status’. In addition to this high culture and popular culture will be examined through music (classical music and opera versus Lady Gaga's, Eminem's and Rhianna's music); dance (ballet in Black Swan versus hip hop and street dance in popular dance films) and award winning versus popular film.
Assessment
Campus:
Seminar/Online participation, including brief oral presentation, 20%
Critical close reading, 2000 words, 40%
Reflective essay, 2000 words, choice of critical or creative, 40%
Cloud (online):
Online exercise and contributions to CloudDeakin discussion 20%
Critical close reading, 2000 words, 40%
Reflective essay, 2000 words, choice of critical or creative, 40%
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