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. |
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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Essay (1) 30%, Essay (2) 40%, Participation 10%, Tutorial presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Supplemental | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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