LIT302 Contemporary Australian Writing (8)
CSU Discipline Area: English (ENGLI)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject aims to provide students with an opportunity to study some of the most recent Australian writing. It is intended that this subject will complement the Australian Literature subject.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: LIT302
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Not available to students who have previously completed LIT202
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Appreciate the major trends in recent Australian prose and poetry;
- Be able to place the literature within the cultural context of contemporary Australia;
- Build on their awareness of themselves as literary readers;
- Extend their literary competence through an engagement with recent Australian writing;
- Be able to relate current Australian writing to contemporary literary theories.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
The major developments in Australian poetry and prose since the 1970s with special reference to: Tradition and experiment; The migrant experience in literature; Black Australian voices; Women's voices in contemporary Australian writing; Post-modernism and other forms of cultural discourse as seen in contemporary Australian writing.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.