Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Paul Sheehan
Contact via paul.sheehan@mq.edu.au
Australian Hearing Hub, Level 2 North Wing
Monday 1-2 pm; Wednesday 1-2 pm
Antonina Harbus
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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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 considers a range of issues that surround the notions of representation and reconstruction, and genre and realist poetics. The ways in which these issues are tied to processes of interpretation are also examined. Texts to be studied include literary, cinematic and graphic narratives, and theoretical considerations of questions relating to these narratives.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Seminar participation | 20% | No | Weekly |
Minor essay | 30% | No | Friday 13 April |
Major essay | 50% | No | Friday 8 June |
Due: Weekly
Weighting: 20%
Seminar attendance is compulsory. Failure to attend at least 11 of the 13 weekly seminars without a medical certificate or other kind of documentation may result in failure of the unit.
Participation means showing evidence of preparation and making relevant contributions to discussions.
Due: Friday 13 April
Weighting: 30%
1,200-word essay on one of the texts discussed in weeks 2-6.
Due: Friday 8 June
Weighting: 50%
2,500-word research paper on two subject areas students have studied. Essay questions can be found on iLearn site.
Required reading (texts to purchase)
Tom McCarthy, Remainder
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
J. M. Coetzee, Summertime
Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Required viewing
I’m Not There (2007), dir. Todd Haynes
Cloud Atlas (2012), dirs. Tom Tykwer, the Wachowskis
Hidden (2005), dir. Michael Haneke
Meek’s Cutoff (2011), dir. Kelly Reichardt
Vertigo (1958), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Citizen Kane (1941), dir. Orson Welles
Vagabond (1985), dir. Agnes Varda
21 Grams (2003), dir. Alejandro Inarritu
Incendies (2010), dir. Denis Villeneuve
Film viewing
Students will need to view films studied in weeks 2-6 and 9-13 in their own time, prior to the relevant seminar. This can be done either in the library, which holds DVD copies in Reserve of the nine films; or by renting through a DVD rental outlet or an online media library such as iTunes.
See iLearn site.
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