Courses Handbook 2009

310225 (v.2) Literary and Cultural Studies 319 - Text / Genre


Area: Department of Communication and Cultural Studies
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit deals with the concept of genre in relation to culture. Through the analysis of a range of texts, students explore ways in which genres emerge and become culturally central in specific historical contexts, or are marginalised at other times.For example, the unit might focus on the development of the genres of utopian and dystopian fiction, gothic forms, detective fiction or science fiction. In each case the unit explores the ways in which the meaning-making strategies of the genre are linked to their cultural contexts.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 091500 Language and Literature (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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