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Researching Texts (MULT90033)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: clarat@unimelb.edu.au
For currently enrolled students:
General information about enrolment:
- http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-studies/research
- Email: arts-research@unimelb.edu.au
- Location: Room 120, Old Arts (Building 149)
Hours: 10-12am and 2-4pm
July
Email: clarat@unimelb.edu.au
For currently enrolled students:
General information about enrolment:
- http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-studies/research
- Email: arts-research@unimelb.edu.au
- Location: Room 120, Old Arts (Building 149)
Hours: 10-12am and 2-4pm
Overview
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This fortnightly workshop will be structured around six key thematic categories that shape research in the text-based humanities: text; reading; author; archive; context; value. These themes will be engaged as the vital building blocks of a research project in literary or performance studies. The workshop will engage these categories through a range of methodological approaches and conceptual positions that inform critical engagement with literature, theatre and other forms of textual practice. It will encourage students to reflect upon their own social, cultural and intellectual positioning as researchers and writers, and in relation to the projects they are beginning to define. Students will examine a range of historical debates on the nature and practice of research in the text-based humanities. They will also engage with current debates about the role of the humanities, in general, and literature, more specifically, in contemporary culture and society.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of a range of historical debates in different literary and cultural traditions regarding canonical and popular literature;
- have an enhanced awareness of the range of contemporary scholarship in their discipline or interdisciplinary area;
- demonstrate an ability to reflect on, critically evaluate and synthesise the contemporary research literatures relevant to their thesis topic;
- formulate and present the research proposal for their confirmation; and
- articulate the range of problems, concepts and theories relevant to their thesis and field of study.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- One 2,500-word essay (100%), due after the teaching period.
- Hurdle: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Clara Tuite Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours total: 6 x 2 hour seminars, fortnightly. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: clarat@unimelb.edu.au
For currently enrolled students:
General information about enrolment:
- http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-studies/research
- Email: arts-research@unimelb.edu.au
- Location: Room 120, Old Arts (Building 149)
Hours: 10-12am and 2-4pm
- July
Principal coordinator Clara Tuite Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours total: 6 x 2 hour seminars, fortnightly. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 28 July 2017 to 18 August 2017 Last self-enrol date 1 August 2017 Census date 11 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 September 2017 Assessment period ends 15 September 2017 July contact information
Email: clarat@unimelb.edu.au
For currently enrolled students:
General information about enrolment:
- http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/graduate-studies/research
- Email: arts-research@unimelb.edu.au
- Location: Room 120, Old Arts (Building 149)
Hours: 10-12am and 2-4pm
Time commitment details
85 Hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
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Last updated: 3 November 2022