301013 (v.2) Cultures, Identities, Texts (Identity and Difference) 211

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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:	Exploration of the interface between subjective positions and social and cultural contexts. The body and difference, personal, local, global and national identities, communities and diasporas, multiculturalism, social meanings and cultural myths.
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Established cultural studies definitions of modernity/modernisation. Enabled an understanding of the emergence of modern thought through a recognition of key moments, intellectual movements and figures, the establishment of the idea of Europe, the scientific revolution, the enlightenment, the industrial revolution, the philosophies. Examined the key texts of modernity intertextually.
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:	Bullock, Alan. et al. (1977), The fontana dictionary of modern thought (second edition). London, Fontana. Gibaldi, Joseph. (1999), MLA handbook for writers of research papers (fifth edition). New York, Modern Language Association of America.
Unit Texts:	Dickens, Charles. (1986), Selected short fiction. Harmondsworth, Penguin. Hall, Stuart. and Gieben, Bram. (eds.) (1992), Formations of modernity. Oxford, Polity - Open University Press.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Module questions 30%, Participation and preparation 10%, Research assignment 35%, Tutorial discussion 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y     2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y