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Last updated: 4 March 2022
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online), CBD*
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ALL401
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 1-hour class (online) per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week
Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 1-hour class (online) per week 1 x 2-hour seminar or equivalent
*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery
This unit will equip students with the vocabulary needed to talk about literary texts and invite students to think about the vital role that fictions play in giving shape to our identities. The unit approaches literature and literary study as important pathways to unlocking our identities and understanding our lives, affirming the potential for transformation of the self that literary texts and study offer. Set texts include classics from literature, contemporary film works and avant-garde texts.
Apply knowledge of literary history, modes, concepts, language to the real-world function of literary texts and literary study
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Use a broad range of vocabulary in reading and analysis which include the comparative evaluation of texts and the critical investigation of crucial text-world relationships in a well-structured way using both oral and written communication
GLO2: Communication
Apply knowledge of how different social and cultural contexts have an impact on literature and language, and explore ethics relating to social conduct and responsibility in order to engage in a scholarly and professional manner in a local, national and international context
GLO3: Digital literacy
Employ a range of digital communication technologies to conduct literary research to express your knowledge and judgements in a variety of forms
GLO4: Critical thinking
Analyse, evaluate and synthesise knowledge and express your judgements and inquiries in a variety of forms and appropriate registers, with a growing understanding of literary studies conventions of writing and criticism to generate new, innovative and creative solutions
GLO5: Problem solving
Demonstrate autonomy, responsibility and a continued commitment to learning and skill development, as a reflective and self-directed practitioner to pursue life-long learning
GLO6: Self-management
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALL101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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