EL4040 - Literary and Cultural Theory

Credit points:	06
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Arts & Social Sciences

Available to students in the English Honours program.

This subject develops the issues and debates introduced in EL3037 Critical Theory, with a view to preparing students for postgraduate research and writing in literary and/or cultural studies.

Learning Outcomes

• a detailed critical understanding of a range of key literary and cultural theorists and the issues they present;
• an informed critical sense of key issues in the field;
• a reflexive theoretical sense -- an awareness of the student's own priorities and practices as a researcher and writer.

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

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Greg Manning
Lecturers:	Dr Greg Manning, Dr Allison Craven.
Contact hours:	26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); seminar paper (40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Dr Greg Manning
Lecturers:	Dr Greg Manning, Dr Allison Craven.
Contact hours:	26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); seminar paper (40%).

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