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This degree is designed to provide students with basic skills and knowledge in a range of disciplinary studies in the humanities, arts and social sciences. The Diploma in Arts examines historic, environmental, social, behavioural and cultural features of humanity, allowing students to analyse, reflect upon and anticipate patterns of human conduct. Students will develop creative, critical and analytical skills to assist with future employment or to pursue further study.
The Diploma in Arts is an attractive option for students who would prefer to trial university study while gaining an introductory undergraduate qualification.
The Diploma in Arts provides students with a broad range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies from across the University, with a basic focus on aspects of human culture and achievement.
The degree aims to provide students with:
(i) an introductory knowledge in their chosen areas of study;
(ii) the ability to apply the knowledge they have acquired;
(iii) the ability to communicate effectively in a range of ways;
(iv) creative, critical and analytical skills;
(v) the ability to work both independently and collaboratively;
(vi) the skills to connect across geographical, disciplinary, social and cultural boundaries;
(vii) an understanding of the value of ethical behaviour; and
(viii) the foundation skills demanded by employers in a global jobs market.

Explore humanity through the lens of culture, history, and society. This introduction to university studies includes academic research and writing, and your choice of subjects exploring human culture and achievement.

Diploma in Arts

Enhance your knowledge and understanding of Italian culture with this Italian language subject. This subject is designed to introduce you to 20th-Century Italy through the study of Italian poetry, narrative, drama and cinema. Through close textual analysis of the prescribed works, you will extend your competency in reading and help you to understand modern Italian culture. You will be interpreting and evaluating the texts in the context of the socio-political situation in modern day Italy.

Introduction to Modern Italian Literature and Culture

The Italian literature of the 14th century was the foundation for European writers for the centuries which followed and is thought of as the starting point for the Renaissance. In this subject you will examine the works of the founders of the Italian literary tradition, reading select parts of Francesco Petrarch’s Canzoniere and Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron and Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. You will critically analyse a range of advanced texts in the context of the socio-political and philosophical situation of Italy in the 14th century and explore their enduring legacy. Extend your advanced level language skills and your understanding of the foundations of Italian culture when you learn more about Italian literature and the writers of the time.

The Crowns of Italian Literature: Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio

This subject introduces you to the works of major Italian novelists of the 20th century. It traces the novel from the post-war period to the contemporary period. Through close textual analysis of the prescribed works, you will extend your competency in reading Italian to an advanced level. The authors studied are: Pavese, Banti and Calvino.

Modern Italian Novel

Historically, the function of stories for children was to teach them about the world and caution them about physical or moral dangers. When children’s literature was first published in print, this tradition of cautionary tales was continued. In this subject, you will read German literature for children and teenagers. The texts include fairy tales, picture books, and novels. The subject will focus on developing your ability to examine a literary text critically and to relate it to the socio-cultural context of German-speaking countries. Your language skills will be enhanced through a detailed study of the texts and you will be expected to produce your own story for children in German.

"Es war einmal..." - German Children's Literature

The role of women in France has changed over time and French literature, like all literature, reflects their society’s values and beliefs. When studying this subject you will focus on representations of women in French literature from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, situating texts within their historical, cultural, political and social context. You will use your advanced French language skills to conduct a close textual analysis of the prescribed works and extend your reading and writing skills to a high level. In this subject you will be introduced to important French literary movements and discuss their critical reception by the scholarly community. Because the subject spans a broad time period, it provides you with a global view of women in literature whilst also allowing close analysis of relationships and connections between the specific texts and authors studied. This subject will enhance your understanding of French culture.

Women in French Texts

Literature generates new ideas, represents traditions and reflects society’s changing values. In this subject you will focus on the relationship between literature and large social and historical movements. You will read texts from the 19th to the 21st centuries and develop a versatile critical toolkit of concepts to use throughout your studies. Using these texts and tools, you will be able to analyse literature as a form of social and political expression and explore its relationship to history. Additionally, you will be able to identify how novels and poems reflect, resist, and/or inspire cultural change.

Approaches to Literature and Society

To engage with literature is to explore different ways of seeing the world – to appreciate and better understand human ideas, society, history and the future, and so expand your knowledge of the ideas central to human culture as these are expressed through the literary imagination. In this subject you will study a range of literary texts in English. You will be introduced to works from different historical periods in different genres - short stories, poetry, novels, and plays. You will also explore the key critical concepts in literary studies. You will explore these works through close reading and critical analysis, focusing on the relationship between form and content, and considering how the different literary techniques available to writers shape the way their texts make meaning.

Engaging with Literature

University of New England Diploma Literature Courses & Degrees | Open Universities Australia

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