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| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Online | Term1 | N/A |
Unit description
Guides students through the major contemporary theoretical debates about the relationship between the text, theory and the production of cultural and social meanings. Students will do a detailed study of the production of texts and meanings, with particular attention to theories of Postmodernism, Feminism and Post-colonialism.
Unit content
Module 1: Text, Culture and Meaning
Module 2: Cultural Values and Creative Practice
Module 3: Who is the author?
Module 4: Radical Subjectivities and Ethics
Module 5: Postcolonialism and text
Module 6: Reading texts in the 21C
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | differentiate between major contemporary theories about writing and written texts and the relationship of texts to cultural practices |
| 2 | recognise the theoretical positions underlying particular critical approaches to writing and textual analysis |
| 3 | understand the significance of the social and cultural contexts in which texts are made and read |
| 4 | apply literary theories to textual analysis in a range of academic writing forms. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- differentiate between major contemporary theories about writing and written texts and the relationship of texts to cultural practices
- recognise the theoretical positions underlying particular critical approaches to writing and textual analysis
- understand the significance of the social and cultural contexts in which texts are made and read
- apply literary theories to textual analysis in a range of academic writing forms.
Prescribed Learning Resources
- No prescribed texts.
The referencing system for this Unit is Harvard. Please see here for a Harvard referencing guide.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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