EL4060 - Recent Australian Writing

[Offered in even-numbered years]

Credit points:	06
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of English

Available to students in the level 4 English Honours program.

Students read a selection of some of the most interesting and influential works of Australian writing published in recent decades. The subject examines innovation and experimentation in such genres as the novel, short story, poetry, autobiography and biography, travel writing and other forms of non-fiction, as well as the blurring of boundaries between these categories.

Learning Outcomes

• a detailed knowledge of each of the set texts;
• a familiarity with the critical reception of the set texts and the secondary literature surrounding them;
• a sense of the progressive development of an identifiably Australian tradition of writing;
• an understanding of the changes in the generic boundaries of Australian literature;
• an understanding of the influence of social, political and literary developments in the period.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:	Admission to English Honours Program and EL3025 or EL3037
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	EL4005

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Stephen Torre.
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 04-Apr-2008
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Stephen Torre.
Contact hours:	39 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%).

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.