EL4007:04
*NOTE* Postmodernism in Theory and the Arts
Cairns
Prerequisites: Substantial achievement in 3 levels of EL subjects
26 hours seminars. Full year.
Available to students in the level 4 English Honours program.
Staff: Dr S Torre.
An advanced study of philosophical, theoretical and imaginative works which exemplify and problematise Postmodernism.
Learning Objectives:
- a thorough grounding in the discursive debates on the nature of Postmodernism;
- in-depth study of a range of representative Postmodernist works;
- familiarity with the methodologies and critical practices appropriate to the study of Postmodernism;
- a comparative sense of the place of Postmodernism in the literature and culture of the twentieth century.
Assessment by seminar, introduction/essay (3,000 words each) (40%); tutorial participation (20%); one three-hour examination (40%).