Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Victoria Flanagan
W6A 627
By appointment - please email to arrange.
Lecturer
Kim Wilson
By appointment - please email to arrange.
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MChildLit or MCrWrit or GradDipChildLit or GradDipCrWrit or MA 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 | Hurdle | Due |
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Participation | 10% | No | Weeks 1-12 |
Early Feedback Critical Review | 40% | No | 22 March, 2017 |
Major Essay | 50% | No | 7 June, 2017 |
Due: Weeks 1-12
Weighting: 10%
A threshold requirement for participation marks is attendance and involvement in all the seminars. Students must prepare for classes by reading and reflecting on the unit readings and will be called upon to contribute to group discussions within the classroom.
Due: 22 March, 2017
Weighting: 40%
Students must select 2 of the set novels for this unit and write a critical appraisal of these texts. Please see the LIT 848 Unit Handbook for further details.
Due: 7 June, 2017
Weighting: 50%
Please complete an essay on ONE of the topics supplied in the LIT 848 Handbook. Refer to at least two books from the set text list in your answer. You may choose to confine your discussion to books published in one country (for example, Australia, Britain or America) or a particular genre (for example, realism, fantasy, historical realism, etc.).
Weekly Seminars will involve discussion of the primary and secondary readings. Attendance at all seminars is mandatory (please see ‘Participation’ under the heading Assessment).
Mini Lectures will be provided on the LIT 848 iLearn site (although they not scheduled for each weekly topic). These lectures will not function as comprehensive summaries of the readings, nor should students anticipate that these lectures offer definitive ‘answers’ to many of the big questions we will look at this semester. The lectures are designed to contextualise the readings, suggest multiple approaches to their interpretation, and direct attention to specific aspects of the readings or issues for discussion. In some cases, the lectures will survey an issue or theme and propose working definitions of key terms (definitions which you are encouraged to adapt, elaborate on and contend with).
Required Reading:
Critical Texts:
Primary Texts:
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