LIT302 Contemporary Australian Writing (8)
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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. |
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+ Subject Availability Modes and Location
| Session 2 | | Internal | Wagga Wagga Campus | | Distance | Wagga Wagga Campus |
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.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Enrolment restrictions| Not available to students who have previously completed LIT202 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon 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.
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SyllabusThe 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. |
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The information contained in the 2014 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 13 September 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
