Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Contemporary Australian Literature

• Unit Code

  CCC3106

• Year

  2017

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Dr Donna Jean MAZZA

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Description

This unit explores contemporary Australian literature with particular focus on fiction and poetry. It examines current experiments with form, genre and content and shows how these are linked both to the continuing tradition of Australian literature and to current social concerns including regionality and identity.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CCC2301, CCC3301

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Conceptualise Australian literature in terms of relevant theoretical concepts.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of recent Australian literature.
3. Identify and engage with contemporary debates and practices in Australian literature and culture.
4. Recognise the principal themes in the selected texts and relate them to contemporary Australian culture and society, its indigenous and colonial heritage.

Unit Content

1. Applying literary theory to works by Australian authors and considering how these might be models of creative production.
2. Close study of selected contemporary Australian authors who are shaping the identity of Australian literature.
3. Examining the thematic focus of works written by regional Western Australian authors.
4. Identifying Australian literature through various thematic preoccupations in contemporary fiction and poetry, including their links to historic precedents.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, critical reading, audio visual material.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Core Reading(s)

• Winton, T. (2008). Breath. Camberwell, Australia: Penguin Books.
• Nowra, L. (2012). Into that forest. Crows Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
• Wood, C. (2015). The Natural Way of Things. Crows Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
• Grenville, K. (2005). The secret river. Melbourne, Australia: Text publishing.

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