301027 (v.2) Cultural Narratives 111

Area:

Department of Communication and Cultural Studies

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Ways in which the concept of narrative or narrativity is central to contemporary cultural analysis through the reading of a number of popular contemporary texts - cultural practices, film and print, fictions investigates how our perceptions of the real are mediated through larger organising narratives of culture.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Developed an understanding of how various genres and rhetorics are used to produce and naturalise ideas of self and various forms of identity that operate within the social. Examined cultural narratives and discovered the ways in which dominant and emergent ideas are embedded within the storying process. Explored the representation and narrativisation of a number of key cultural and social concepts of self, subject and national identities.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Bourke, Colin., Bourke, Eleanor. and Edwards, Bill. (eds.) (1998), Aboriginal Australia: an introductory reader in aboriginal studies (second edition). St. Lucia, University of Queensland Press. Gibaldi, Joseph. (1999), MLA handbook for writers of research papers (fifth edition). New York, Modern Language Association of America. Whitlock, Gillian, et.al. (eds.) (1996), Images of Australia. St Lucia, University of Queensland Press.

Unit Texts:

Condon, Sean. (1996), Sean and David's long drive. Sydney, Lonely Planet Publications. Garland, Alex. (1997), The beach. Sydney, Penguin. Sellick, Douglas, R.G. (ed.) (1997), First impressions Albany: travellers' tales 1791-1901. Perth. Western Australian Museum Publications.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Essay (1) 30%, Essay (2) 40%, Participation 10%, Tutorial presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y