IA2010 - Black Writers

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:

Available to Bachelor of Indigenous Studies students and all undergraduate students.

This subject looks at the development of Black Australian writing and the way in which Black Australians have used writing to reflect their lives and consciousness. Students should therefore gain a sound knowledge and appreciation of a range of Black Australian literature and understand the importance of literature as production of counter discourses and as a mode of self-representation. There will be an overview of Indigenous Australian literature in relation to social, historical and political contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• reflect on the history, forms and conventions of what has come to be recognised as 'literature' and consider how Indigenous literature has been influenced by this framework;
• engage and become familiar with a range of print and film texts by writing responses using traditional conventions of literary criticism;
• analyse the way in which texts operate as social practices within social, historical and political contexts and within relations of power and ideology.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to use a variety of media and methods to retrieve, analyse, evaluate, organise and present information.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

IA1010

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	Sharon Moore.
Contact hours:	24 hours - delivered over 12 weeks
Assessment:	(20%); (30%); (30%); (20%).
, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coord/Lect:	Sharon Moore.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.