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Unit Overview

Description

Literary history is the story of rebellion against literary conventions, social injustices, and indeed what has counted from one age to another as literature. This unit proposes to introduce students to this fundamental feature of literary history by identifying and analysing the roles texts have in registering and challenging multiple ideas of rebellion. In this unit, students will engage with an exciting range of provocative texts from various historical periods, genres and social and philosophical contexts to come to a deeper understanding of how texts might represent and question political, social and aesthetic authority, and contribute to changing how we know the world, ourselves and others.

Credit
6 points
Offering
AvailabilityLocationModeFirst year of offer
Not available in 2023UWA (Perth)Face to face
Details for undergraduate courses
  • Level 2 elective
Outcomes

Students are able to (1) demonstrate a critical understanding of the role played by texts in imagining political, social and aesthetic change; (2) interpret select texts independently through analysis of relevant scholarly research and creative material; (3) demonstrate sophisticated knowledge of select texts in relation to the historical and cultural conditions of their production and reception; (4) express original arguments in oral and written formats; and (5) apply highly developed skills of textual analysis, critical reasoning, interpretation and research.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) critical exercise; (2) research essay

; and (3) tutorial participation. Further information is available in the unit outline.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)
Professor Tanya Dalziell
Unit rules
Prerequisites
Successful completion of
ENGL1000 Global Literatures
or ENGL1002 Literary Classics
or ENGL1401 Narrative in the Digital Age
or ENGL1902 Reading Bodies
or ENGL1501 Reading Creatively/Writing Creatively
Advisable prior study
ENGL1002 Literary Classics ENGL1000 Global Literatures ENGL1401 Narrative in the Digital Age ENGL1902 Reading Bodies ENGL1501 Reading Creatively, Writing Creatively
Contact hours
1 hour lecture
1 x 2 hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks from week 1
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