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EACL328 The Novel Across Cultures

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2010
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	24cp
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	20th Century Fiction200 or 20th Century Fiction300 or EUCL228 or EUCL328
Notes	offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	Jane Southwood (jsouthw5@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	This unit concentrates on a selection of key European and Asian novels that have influenced the development and direction of the genre in the 20th and 21st centuries. All texts are studied in English.
Prescribed Material Mandatory	Text(s): Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material The Name of the Rose ISBN: 9780749397050 Eco, U., Vintage Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus Crabwalk ISBN: 9780571216529 Grass, G., Faber and Faber 2003 Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus Man's Estate ISBN: AR225 Malraux, A., UNE Reprint Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus Cassandra ISBN: 9780374519049 Wolf, C., Noonday Press Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus The Leopard ISBN: 9780099512158 Lampedusa, G., Vintage Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus The Counterfeiters ISBN: 9780140180930 Gide, A., Penguin Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	Mode	No. Words
Assignment 1: Essay		30%		2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Online Assessment		10%		1000
Assessment Notes
Structured online discussion

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6-8

Final Examination	2 hrs	60%		2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-4, 6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

critically discuss novels from a range of cultures;
critically discuss the novel's influence on a range of cultures;
discuss cultural diversity as portrayed in selected novels;
research key novels from world literature.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Students will gain an understanding of a range of European and Asian novels within their cultural contexts.
2	Communication Skills Students will be expected to write on texts of aesthetic and intellectual complexity.
3	Global Perspectives The study of literature of a foreign culture will give understanding of an insight into such a society and culture.
4	Information Literacy Students will access and use discussion fora and other online resources.
5	Life-Long Learning The unit encourages students to develop a lifelong interest in literature.
6	Problem Solving As literature depicts issues of historical/societal/philosophical complexity, its analysis demands problem solving skills of a high nature.
7	Social Responsibility As literature deals with ethical and social issues, students engage with these debates.
8	Team Work Students' engagement with the texts and the issues raised in them on the discussion board encourages a co-operative approach to learning.