EL4070 - Contemporary British Literature
[Offered in even-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts and Social Sciences (pre 2015) |
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.
| Prerequisites: | EL3837 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EL4008 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (30%); presentations (20%); essays (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Richard Lansdown. |
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| 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.