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Australian Literature
Undergraduate | MAQ-ENGX205 | 2019
Course information for 2019 intake
View information for 2020 course intakePore over Australian literary works from the 19th century to today. Highlight great Australian writers across theatre, poetry, short stories and non-fiction. Expose recurring themes in this literature like race, national myths and the city/bush divide.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- -
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Australian Literature
About this subject
Students are expected to:
- demonstrate independent critical research analysis leading to the communication of an essay-based argument
- have the ability to work contextually between genres, eras and media (e.g. from printed to cinematic to online texts and interactive formats)
- have the ability to apply literary insights into broader social and environmental contexts
- have professionalism in terms of punctuality, required levels of online participation, task management, team-based communication and presentation of work
- have the ability to take the insights and skills of this subject into further learning and to encourage the learning of others.
- Module 1. Colonial to Federation eras
- Module 2. Francis Webb and postwar Australia
- Module 3. Postwar to Contemporary Eras
This subject explores the key works of Australian literature from the nineteenth century to the present. Students are introduced to major writers through the shorter mediums of short stories, poetry, theatre and non-fiction. The representation of relations between place and culture; the city/bush divide; history; memory and subjectivity; class and social change; gender codes and sexuality; recent challenges to unifying national myths; Indigenous and multicultural writing; and (post)colonial frames form some of the subject's concerns. By the end of the subject, students will be able to identify and discuss major Australian writers across different eras, and their relation to one another, with confidence, potentially leading to further Australian literary studies.
- AusLit Article analysis (30%)
- Research essay (40%)
- Online forum participation (20%)
- Online quiz (10%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- MAQ-ENGX120-Approaches to English Literature
MAQ-ENG110 (Not currently available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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