RESITUATING MODERNISM

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Overview

This subject offers an introduction to Modernist writing with a focus on the interwar years - one of the most innovative and exciting periods of writing in English. In this subject, we will re-situate Modernist writing as a multitude of literary responses to modern life - varied, contradictory and contested - and introduce central concepts used in Modernist studies. This will help us examine assumptions surrounding high- and middlebrow fiction, academic practices and the literary canon. Throughout this subject, we will discuss formal experiment and tradition in relation to political events and cultural influences. Last but not least, you will encounter some of the key literary figures and artistic groups of the period.

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Subject coordinator

Juliane Roemhild

Subject type

Undergraduate

Year level

Year Level 3 - UG

AQF level

Level 7 - Bachelor Degree

Available as elective

Yes

Available to study abroad / exchange students

Yes

Capstone subject
Capstones provide students with a way of integrating and applying knowledge and skills gained throughout their course.

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Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:

Demonstrate effective and critical essay writing skills

Apply research skills appropriate to the field.

Evaluate and apply key terms and concepts in modernist studies and literary studies more broadly.

Describe and discuss the literary, cultural and historical contexts of the prescribed texts.

Learning activities

Write clear and rigorous essays demonstrating critical skills appropriate to the year level.
Final essay demonstrating familiarity with research skills appropriate to the field.
Write assessment tasks demonstrating an understanding of key terms and concepts in modernist studies and literary studies more broadly appropriate to the year level.
Write assessment tasks demonstrating an understanding of the literary, cultural and historical contexts of the prescribed texts appropriate to the year level.

Enrolment rules

Special conditions

Requisite rules

Prerequisites: 60 credit points of level 2 subjects

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