Unit details
ALL328 - Literature and Philosophical Contexts
| Offered at: | (B) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | A Mc Culloch |
| Prerequisite: | Successful completion of at least one second year literature unit |
| Incompatible with: | ALL387 |
| Note: Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications. | |
Content
A cross-section of writers from around the world will be studied alongside relevant philosophical writings. Writers studied include Dostoyevsky, Camus, Calvino, Susskind, and Murakami, alongside philosophical writers such as Freud, Kristeva, Nietzsche, Deleuze & Guattari and Kuhn.
Students will consider:
- Existential thought and literary texts;
- Psychological perspectives and literary representations;
- Philosophy of science and scientific motifs in literary texts;
- The movement from modernism to postmodernism: identifying the shifting ideological ground, and
- Tragic theory, evolving from tragedy to tragic vision.
Assessment
Research essay 2500 words 60%, research journal 1500 words 40%.
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Student Contribution Rate*** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $706 | $706 | $706 | $2138 | $2273 |
* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
