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ENCO408 The Art of Non-Fiction

Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENCO308
Notes None
Combined Units ENCO308 - The Art of Non-Fiction
Coordinator(s) Dugald Williamson (dwillia7@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit explores non-fictional works of literature, film and television. An introductory module of several weeks precedes three genre-specific modules. Students consider the use and interrogation of categories such as truth, fact and genre by a spectrum of non-fictional texts, and ethical issues involved in their production and reception. The modules that focus on particular genres of non-fiction are life writing, documentary film and television, and environmental writing.

Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 40% On/Off Campus 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 6
Tutorial participation 10% On Campus
Assessment Notes
Structured tutorial participation
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 6
Writing Project 60% Off Campus 4000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 6
Writing Project 50% On Campus 4000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1, 2, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. analyse and critically discuss non-fictional works of literature, television and film;
  2. identify and analyse ethical questions associated with the production and reception of non-fictional texts and related theoretical materials ;
  3. provide a critical and/or creative response to texts and theoretical discussions of these texts that shows a deep understanding and awareness of the issues raised within the unit.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
This unit introduces student to the study of non-fictional works in literature, television and film.It is assessed through written assignments and tutorial work.
True True True
2 Communication Skills
These skills are essential to the content and methodology. The unit requires the practice and development of communication skills, especially through the development of assessable written communication.
True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The texts studied, supported by the nature of the writing tasks required, provide global perspectives and develop intercultural knowledge and competencies. Because the unit has a focus on the ethics of the production and reception of texts dealing with the sometimes-murky realms of 'truth' and 'fact', the question of the personal, the political and the global resounds throughout.
True False True
4 Information Literacy
Information literacy is encouraged and supported but not absolutely essential. The materials provided, the methodology adopted and the assessment required provide opportunities to expand informational literacy but do not of themselves demand a high level of practice.
True False True
5 Life-Long Learning
By analysing and applying the processes and techniques of written and audiovisual communication in diverse contexts, the unit provides the basis for on-going study of communication practices relevant to both personal and professional development.
True False True
6 Problem Solving
The assessment tasks in this unit, while practical/creative in part, also require levels of critical and analytical thinking and articulation that demonstrate the processes essential to understanding written communication.
True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The unit's emphasis on the constructed nature of written and audio-visual communication implies a recognition of social responsibility, that texts as products (of individuals working within economic and social institutions) also reflect, represent, reproduce and interrogate social ideologies. The unit has a focus on the ethical questions associated with the production and reception of the non-fictive text, and associated questions of witnessing and remembering.
True False True
8 Team Work
The pedagogy underpinning the unit will emphasise ethical considerations and respect for others, and the classes themselves, foron-campus students, will include the modelling of a team work approach in learning activities, although this attribute will not be formally assessed.
True False True
   

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