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ENG3042 | Theory, Taste and Trash | ||
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ARTS | |||
Credit Points: 15 | |||
Description: | |||
This unit focuses on aesthetics in order to investigate theoretical approaches to cultural, literary and artistic objects. It maps debates regarding high and low art forms, as well as ideological presumptions regarding value and longevity. Students examine a range of mass and high culture’s most celebrated texts and objects, raising questions about gender, beauty and ugliness, the “substance” of style, sentimentalism, and the ethics of literature and art in the global economy. Full Unit Outline | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
MAAADM | English Major | ||
MIAAFB | English Minor | ||
MIAADZ | Literature and Writing Minor | ||
MAAAGY | Literature and Writing Major | ||
MAAAHY | Museum Studies Major | ||
MIAAFD | Museum Studies Minor | ||
DMAAAB | Psychology and English Double Major | ||
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
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http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity |
Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/31/2010 VET: 3/31/2010