Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

NB: Information in this Unit Outline is subject to change prior to commencement of semester
It is important for you to acquire knowledge of a range of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian writings.

Aims

This unit aims to improve your analytical, creative as well as oral and written communication skills.

Objectives

1. Develop a broad and coherent understanding of a range of literature from contemporary Australia.
2. Demonstrate reflective and analytical ways of thinking about the social, cultural and ethnic contexts of contemporary Australian writing.
3. Interpret and communicate ideas effectively through the skills of critical textual analysis.

Content

This unit provides you with opportunities to read, explore, discuss and critically evaluate a number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous texts written and published in Australia, in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Upon completing this unit, you will be able to understand and critically engage with fictional texts pertinent to Australian culture, history and society.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

This unit will be conducted via a mixture of lectures, discussions, films, guest presentations and tutorials. Emphasis will also be placed on your research and investigation in relevant areas. In tutorial sessions you will receive feedback from tutors on assessment items, and tutors will also liaise and consult with you regarding your major assessment.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information please refer to the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
You will receive formative feedback on your progress in this unit during tutorials and discussions throughout the semester. Weight 0%

Assessment name: Oral Presentation
Description: (summative and formative) An oral presentation in groups of 2 or 3 on a topic related to the texts.
Relates to objectives: 3,4
Weight: 20%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Throughout semester

Assessment name: Essay
Description: (summative) Essay based on topics related to the texts in the unit.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: End semester

Assessment name: Reflective Journal
Description: (summative) Journal of analytical and creative responses to questions about the set texts.
Relates to objectives: 2, 3
Weight: 30%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Required reading and viewing
Duncan, Alasdair (2005), Metro, University of Queensland Press.
Hartnett, Sonya (2008) Butterfly. Australia: Viking.
Jaivin, Linda (2006) The Infernal Optimist. Australia: Fourth Estate (HarperCollins).
Le, Nam (2008) The Boat. Australia: Penguin.
Malouf, David (1994) Remembering Babylon. Sydney: Vintage.
Munkara, Marie (2008) Every Secret Thing. Victoria: Penguin
Tsiolkas, Chris (2009) The Slap. Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Recommended and reference Works
Ferrier, C (ed.) (1998), Gender, Politics and Fiction, St Lucia: UQP.
Gelder, K & Salzman, P. (1989), The New Diversity, Melbourne: McPhee Gribble.
Gelder , K 7 Salzman, P (2009) After the celebration: Australian fiction 1989-2007. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press.
Goodwin, K (1986), A History of Australian Literature, London: Macmillan.
Hergenhan, L (ed.) (1988), The Penguin New Literary History of Australia, Ringwood: Penguin.
Huggan, G (2002), Australian literature: postcolonialism, racism, transnationalism, Oxford& New York: Oxford University Press.
* Resources will also be made available on the CMD.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 26-Mar-2013