IA2010 - Black Writers

Credit points:	03
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	Indigenous Centre

Available to 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. There will be an overview of Indigenous Australian literature in relation to social, historical and political contexts. Fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry and popular critically acclaimed feature films will be explored through various models of contemporary literary criticism and students will apply conventions from these, as well as their own perspectives in the appreciation and analysis of selected texts. On completion of this subject students should understand the impact and place of Black Australian writing in Australia today. This subject will be offered through on-line activities and therefore requires students to have access to the World Wide Web. Those students who do not have access to LearnJCU must contact the Subject Co-ordinator.

Learning Outcomes

• review the way in which texts operate as social practices within social, historical and political contexts and within relations of power and ideology;
• reflect on the history, forms and conventions of what has come to be recognised as 'literature' and demonstrate how Indigenous literature written in English has been influenced by this framework;
• engage and become familiar with a range of print and film texts by analysing the similarities and differences in themes, styles and literary devices used by Indigenous Australian writers to shape meanings;
• attain detailed knowledge of each of the set texts, their structures and narrative strategies;
• produce personally relevant re-readings and resistant readings by exploring the impact and place of Indigenous writers in Australia today;
• develop confidence in literary-critical thinking, discussion, and writing.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

IA1010 and IA5020

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coord/Lect:	Ms Sharon Moore.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); short response essays (40%); poetry analysis (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Must have access to LearnJCU

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.