EL4070 - Contemporary British Literature

[Offered in odd-numbered years]

Credit points:	06
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Discipline of English

An advanced study of British literature in the last twenty years, this subject is intended to shed light on the fiction, poetry and drama of a country with an overwhelmingly rich literary heritage but an uncertain place in the world. The subject will also involve writing of other kinds e.g. autobiography, travel-writing and literary criticism.

Learning Outcomes

• a sense of the British literary establishment, its ideological allies and opponents;
• a thorough understanding of the set texts both in themselves, in relation to the British literary tradition and in the context of recent social developments in that country;
• an awareness of the different perspectives on contemporary literature that emerge in different English-speaking countries;
• an understanding of the new place of minority literatures in British culture.

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:	EL3837
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	EL4008

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown.
Contact hours:	24 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (30%); presentations (20%); essays (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown.
Contact hours:	24 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (30%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (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.