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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Literature and Social Change

  • Unit Code

    ENG1050

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit introduces dramatic works and poetry as historical and aesthetic artifacts. Students will investigate a range of political literary theories, and will develop theoretically informed close reading skills by examining literature as a concrete product of particular times and places. Students will learn to analyse texts both as documents from the past and as voices that continue to speak of desires and problems of today?s society.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENG1112, ENG4112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse a literary text in relation to both historical and the contemporary contexts.
  2. Analyse poetic and dramatic texts, emphasizing how formal properties of literary texts contribute to meaning.
  3. Apply theoretical models relating to gender, race and class to the reading of literary texts.
  4. Explain the conceptual frameworks, terminologies and emphases of the political literary theories introduced.

Unit Content

  1. Assumptions, conventions and critical lexicons governing political-literary theories related to ideology, gender, race and class.
  2. Critical application of theoretical models to literary texts.
  3. Relevant historical knowledge contextualising selected literary texts.
  4. Relevant theoretical texts.
  5. Selected poetic and dramatic texts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecture, tutorials, web-based support.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseReading exercises60%
ExaminationTheoretical reading of a literary text40%

Text References

  • ^ Klages, M. (2006). Literary theory: A guide for the perplexed. London: Continuum International Publishing Group.
  • ^ Selected poetry texts in English, including the poetry of William Blake, available on the world wide web
  • ^ Shakespeare, W. (2008). The tempest. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Ellis, S. (2009). T.S. Eliot: A guide for the perplexed. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Galvin, M. (1999). Queer poetics: Five modernist women writers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
  • Hutner, H. (2001). Colonial women: Race and culture in Stuart drama. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Kirsch, M. (2000). Queer theory and social change. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www/eblib.com.au/
  • Martin, W. (Ed.). (2002). The Cambridge companion to Emily Dickinson. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Eagleton, T. (2006). Criticism and ideology: A study in Marxist literary theory. London; Verso.
  • Bordo, S. (1999). The male body: A new look at men in public and in private. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  • Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., & Tiffin, H. (Eds.). (2007). Post-colonial studies: The key concepts. [Ebook library version]. (2nd ed.). Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • McHoul, A., & Grace, W. (2002). A Foucault primer: Discourse, power, and the subject. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Targoff, R. (2008). John Donne, body and soul. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Richardson, D., Mclaughlin, J., & Casey, M. (Eds.). (2006). Intersections between feminist and queer theory. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Palmer, D. (Ed.). (1968). Shakespeare: The Tempest: A casebook. London: Macmillan.

Journal References

  • Comparative Literature
  • ELH
  • Essays in Criticism: a quarterly journal of literary criticism.
  • LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory.
  • Poetics.
  • Notes and Queries: for readers and writers, collectors and librarians.
  • New Literary History: a journal of theory and interpretation.
  • Renaissance Studies.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Literature and Social Change

  • Unit Code

    ENG1050

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit introduces dramatic works and poetry as historical and aesthetic artifacts. Students will investigate a range of political literary theories, and will develop theoretically informed close reading skills by examining literature as a concrete product of particular times and places. Students will learn to analyse texts both as documents from the past and as voices that continue to speak of desires and problems of today?s society.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENG1112, ENG4112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse a literary text in relation to both historical and the contemporary contexts.
  2. Analyse poetic and dramatic texts, emphasizing how formal properties of literary texts contribute to meaning.
  3. Apply theoretical models relating to gender, race and class to the reading of literary texts.
  4. Explain the conceptual frameworks, terminologies and emphases of the political literary theories introduced.

Unit Content

  1. Assumptions, conventions and critical lexicons governing political-literary theories related to ideology, gender, race and class.
  2. Critical application of theoretical models to literary texts.
  3. Relevant historical knowledge contextualising selected literary texts.
  4. Relevant theoretical texts.
  5. Selected poetic and dramatic texts.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lecture, tutorials, web-based support.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseReading exercises60%
ExaminationTheoretical reading of a literary text40%

Text References

  • ^ Klages, M. (2006). Literary theory: A guide for the perplexed. London: Continuum International Publishing Group.
  • ^ Selected poetry texts in English, including the poetry of William Blake, available on the world wide web
  • ^ Shakespeare, W. (2008). The tempest. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Ellis, S. (2009). T.S. Eliot: A guide for the perplexed. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Galvin, M. (1999). Queer poetics: Five modernist women writers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
  • Hutner, H. (2001). Colonial women: Race and culture in Stuart drama. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Kirsch, M. (2000). Queer theory and social change. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www/eblib.com.au/
  • Martin, W. (Ed.). (2002). The Cambridge companion to Emily Dickinson. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Eagleton, T. (2006). Criticism and ideology: A study in Marxist literary theory. London; Verso.
  • Bordo, S. (1999). The male body: A new look at men in public and in private. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  • Ashcroft, B., Griffiths, G., & Tiffin, H. (Eds.). (2007). Post-colonial studies: The key concepts. [Ebook library version]. (2nd ed.). Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • McHoul, A., & Grace, W. (2002). A Foucault primer: Discourse, power, and the subject. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Targoff, R. (2008). John Donne, body and soul. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Richardson, D., Mclaughlin, J., & Casey, M. (Eds.). (2006). Intersections between feminist and queer theory. [Ebook library version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au/
  • Palmer, D. (Ed.). (1968). Shakespeare: The Tempest: A casebook. London: Macmillan.

Journal References

  • Comparative Literature
  • ELH
  • Essays in Criticism: a quarterly journal of literary criticism.
  • LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory.
  • Poetics.
  • Notes and Queries: for readers and writers, collectors and librarians.
  • New Literary History: a journal of theory and interpretation.
  • Renaissance Studies.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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