Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Robyn McCallum
Contact via robyn.mccallum@mq.edu.au
Lecturer
Nicole Thompson
W6A 629
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MA in (English Literature or Children's Literature or Creative Writing) or PGDipArts in Children's Literature
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines a range of literature written for adolescents and young adults. Issues which will be addressed include: the idea of a literature for young people, concepts of adolescence, representations of subjectivity, sexuality, gender, ideology and forms of social organisation. The unit also examines a range of genres, including fantasy, realism, experimental and historical genres.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Seminar Paper | 30% | Week 4 |
Critical Review | 20% | Week 9 |
Final Essay | 40% | Week 13 |
Participation | 10% | weekly |
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 30%
Students must submit a seminar paper on either the Week 2 or Week 3 seminar topics:
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 20%
Students must select 2 of the set novels for this unit and write a critical appraisal of these texts (approximately 1000 words in length).
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 40%
Please complete ONE essay of 2500-3000 words on one of the topics in the unit handbook.
Due: weekly
Weighting: 10%
Attendance and participation in classes
For internal students there is a two-hour seminar each week. For external students lecture notes will be uploaded each week and discussion questions will be posted each week on the weekly discussion forum.
Resources include: the set texts (available from the bookshop or library) and weekly secondary readings (available through e-reserve).
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To complete LIT 848 students must: • Attend and participate in seminars (if internal). • Complete all prescribed assessment tasks. • Reach a satisfactory level of achievement in the prescribed assessment tasks. *Absence from more than two seminars without written explanation (medical or counselling certificate) will disqualify a student from passing the unit. University regulations also stipulate that a student must attempt every part of assessment in order to be eligible to pass a unit of study.
External students must participate in online discussions via the LIT 848 iLearn site. External students should read the weekly texts and prepare the seminar discussion topics in advance, then post responses to the seminar questions and respond to the postings of other students, to facilitate an active discussion such as would occur in a face-to-face seminar. Students are also encouraged to raise other relevant points of interest in their online discussions. Be prepared to question the opinions of others, to have your opinions challenged and to participate actively in discussion. Students are expected to make at least 6 postings* over the semester. *A “posting” is defined as a discursive response relevant to unit interests of at least 50 words: a short paragraph of at least 4 sentences.