| UNIT TITLE |
Contemporary Australian Literature |
| UNIT CODE |
CCC3106 |
| CREDIT POINTS |
15 |
| FULL YEAR UNIT |
No |
| MODE OF DELIVERY |
On-campus
Online
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This version of the unit will be offered from 1/07/2014 |
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DESCRIPTION
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This unit explores contemporary Australian literature with particular focus on fiction and poetry. It examines current experiments with form, genre and content and shows how these are linked both to the continuing tradition of Australian literature and to current social concerns including regionality and identity.
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES |
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of recent Australian literature;
- recognise the principal themes in the selected texts and relate them to contemporary Australian culture and society, its indigenous and colonial heritage;
- conceptualise Australian literature in terms of relevant theoretical concepts; and
- identify and engage with contemporary debates and practices in Australian literature and culture.
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| UNIT CONTENT |
- Examining the thematic focus of works written by regional Western Australian authors.
- Identifying Australian literature through various thematic preoccupations in contemporary fiction and poetry, including their links to historic precedents.
- Applying literary theory to works by Australian authors and considering how these might be models of creative production.
- Close study of selected contemporary Australian authors who are shaping the identity of Australian literature.
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| TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES |
| Lectures, tutorials, critical reading, audio visual material
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| GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES |
- Ability to communicate
- Critical appraisal skills
- Ability to generate ideas
- Cross-cultural and international outlook
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| ASSESSMENT |
| Grading Schema 1 |
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| Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners. |
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Item
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On-Campus Assessment
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Value
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Exercise
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Critical reading exercises
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30%
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Essay
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Close textual study
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30%
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Project
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Research essay or creative project
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40%
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Item
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Online Assessment
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Value
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Exercise
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Critical reading exercises
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30%
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Essay
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Close textual study
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30%
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Project
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Research essay or creative project
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40%
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| TEXTS |
| In addition to full length works listed below, a number of short stories and poems will be used to support the diverse content of this unit. |
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| Grenville, K. (2005). The secret river. Melbourne, Australia: Text publishing. |
| Kinsella, J. (2011). Armour. London, Great Britain: Picador. |
| Miller, A. (2013). Coal creek. Crow's Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin. |
| Van Loon, J. (2013). Harmless Fremantle, Australia: Fremantle Press. |
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| SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES |
| Ben-Messahel, S. (2006). Mind the country: Tim Winton's fiction. Crawley, Australia: UWA Press. |
| Brennan, B. (2008). Just words? Australian authors writing for justice. St Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press. |
| Cranston, C. A. & Zeller, R. (Eds). (2007) The littoral zone: Australian contexts and their writers. New York, NY: Rodopi. |
| D'Arcens, L. (2012). Old songs in the timeless land. Crawley, Australia: UWA Press. |
| Grossman, M. (Ed.). (2003). Blacklines: Contemporary critical writing by indigenous Australians. Carlton, Australia: Melbourne University Press. |
| Heiss, A. & Minter, P. (Eds). (2008). The Macquarie Pen anthology of Aboriginal literature. Crow's Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin. |
| Huggan, G. (2007). Australian literature: Postcolonialism, race and transnationalism. Oxford, Great Britain: Oxford University Press. |
| Kinsella, J. (2008). Contrary rhetoric: Lectures on landscape and language. Fremantle, Australia: Fremantle Press. |
| Kossew, S. (Ed). (2011). Lighting dark places: Essays on Kate Grenville. New York, NY: Rodopi. |
| McCann, A. (Ed.). (1998). Writing the everyday: Australian literature and the limits of suburbia. St. Lucia, Australia: Australian Literary Studies/University of Queensland Press. |
| Webby, E. (Ed). (2000). The Cambridge companion to Australian literature. Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambridge University Press |
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| JOURNALS |
| The following journals are recommended as sources of articles and creative works relevant to this unit. They are either available online or as hard copies in the ECU Library. |
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| APAIS. |
| Australian Book Review. |
| Australian Literary Studies. |
| Griffith Review |
| Heat. |
| Island |
| Meanjin |
| Overland. |
| Quadrant. |
| Southerly. |
| The monthly. |
| Westerly. |
| Wet Ink |
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| WEB SITES |
| Austlit database http://www.austlit.edu.au.ezproxy.ecu.edu.au/ |
| Journal of the Association for the study of Australian literature http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/jasal |
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| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |
| For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: |
| http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity |
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Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students’ work.
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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