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Location | Domestic | International |
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Online |
Unit description
Introduces students to a number of contemporary written texts. Major issues and themes are identified and a number of critical methods are exploited. Particular attention is paid to those issues and themes which can be seen as having special relevance to postcolonial societies. There is an emphasis on Australian writing.
Unit content
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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1 | identify and discuss some of the major issues and themes in contemporary writing | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | ||||
2 | demonstrate familiarity with some of the major innovations in writing styles and genres | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | ||||
3 | identify issues and themes of particular relevance to postcolonial societies | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | ||||
4 | recognise the value of different critical/theoretical approaches (for example, feminist, postcolonial and poststructuralist) in analysing contemporary writing | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice | ||||
5 | demonstrate essay writing forms and practices. | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | Ethical practice |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify and discuss some of the major issues and themes in contemporary writing
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- demonstrate familiarity with some of the major innovations in writing styles and genres
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- identify issues and themes of particular relevance to postcolonial societies
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- recognise the value of different critical/theoretical approaches (for example, feminist, postcolonial and poststructuralist) in analysing contemporary writing
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- demonstrate essay writing forms and practices.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
Prescribed texts
- Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching method |
Structured online learning 1 hour (12 weeks) |
Lecture online 1 hour (12) |
Tutorial online 1 hour (12) |
Assessment | |
Critical Response | 15% |
Portfolio | 35% |
Essay | 50% |
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