ENGL472 Australian Literature: 1930 to the Present
Updated: 05 March 2007| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||
| Offering |
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| Online level | Level E - Wholly online unit | ||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | ||||||
| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | ||||||
| Pre-requisites | candidature in a postgraduate award | ||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||
| Restrictions | ENGL 272, 372; Open Learning LCS13 | ||||||
| Notes | None | ||||||
| Combined Units |
ENGL372 - Australian Literature: 1930 to the Present |
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| Coordinator(s) | Michael Sharkey (msharkey@une.edu.au) | ||||||
| Unit Description |
The online unit guides students through the period of modern Australian Literature from 1930 to the present, exploring its predominant ideas and forms, the ways in which writers have responded to major social and ideological issues. It covers such topics as: What is Australian literature?; Literary constructions and interrogations of national identity; Modernism: Precursors and Antecedents; Gender and Realism; Gender and Post-Modernism; 'Race' and Gender; 'Race', Landscape and Metaphysical Tradition; Aboriginal History/Theatre. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | ||||||
| Recommended Material Optional |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | ||||||
| Disclaimer | Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period. |