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Modern and Contemporary Literature (ENGL10001)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 2
Overview
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This subject explores modern and contemporary literature in English. Beginning with Anglophone modernism, it introduces students to key works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries across genres such as poetry, drama, the novel, the short story, and memoir. Where modern writers strive for new modes of representation in an era of rapid social change, contemporary writers contend with which genres and actions are still meaningful even as they push us to imagine different ways of being in the world. Students will learn to read these texts closely and to situate them in relation to their cultural, political, and historical contexts. The subject will also introduce students to influential developments in literary criticism and critical theory.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply critical and analytical skills and methods to key texts and ideas in twentieth and twenty-first century literature
- Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of some of the thematic and formal innovations as well as the controversies and contexts of literature in the twentieth century and beyond
- Demonstrate a general understanding of the concepts and principles of recent innovations in literary-critical methodology
- Apply an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values
- Articulate the relationship between diverse forms of knowledge and the social, historical and cultural contexts that produced them
- Acquire relevant research skills including use of the library, referencing and presentation of written work
- Communicate effectively in a variety of oral and written formats
- Work creatively, independently and reflectively to meet goals and challenges.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should gain the following generic skills:
- Be able to apply new research skills and critical methods to a field of inquiry
- Develop critical self-awareness and shape and strengthen persuasive arguments
- Be able to communicate arguments and ideas effectively and articulately, both in writing and to others.
Last updated: 19 March 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
106-102 Modern and Contemporary Literature
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: 19 March 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Text Based Exercise 1
| Week 3 | 10% |
Portfolio
| Week 7 | 45% |
Essay
| During the examination period | 45% |
Hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of (or at least) 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. There is an expectation that students attend lectures, in person or via online delivery. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass this subject. For the purposes of meeting this hurdle requirement, each submitted assessment must be complete and constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task. (Complete not less than 50% of word count | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Additional details
Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 2% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.
Last updated: 19 March 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Coordinators Sarah Balkin and Beth McLean Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 36 hours: 2 x 1-hour lectures and 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Additional delivery details
1st year
Last updated: 19 March 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Students will study key works of modern and contemporary literature by (for example) Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, James Joyce, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, Edward Albee, Evelyn Araluen, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Patricia Lockwood, and Claire Thomas. A selection of critical and secondary material will also be available.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) English and Theatre Studies Specialisation (formal) English and Theatre Studies Major English and Theatre Studies Breadth Track English - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 19 March 2024