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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

2664 (v.10) Popular Fiction and the Social 220

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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 (HB): Using examples from print and screen, Popular Fiction and the Social is an examination of popular texts and their relation to contemporary social and political issues. Drawing on theories of modernism and postmodernism, the unit investigates and applies disciplinary knowledge to critique understandings of popular fiction.
Field of Education: 100700 Communication and Media Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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