Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Geoffrey Payne
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ENGX1001 or ENGX120
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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 introduces students to a selection of texts produced during the "long" nineteenth century in Britain, covering a period from the French
Revolution of 1789 to the first decade of the twentieth century. The novels and poems you will study helped to create new visions of the human,
creating and responding to changing worldviews about many facets of social life: political, scientific and artistic. Major figures such as Jane Austen,
William Wordsworth, Emily Bronte, Christina Rossetti and George Eliot will be studied alongside lesser-known innovators such as Charlotte Smith, John
Clare and Augusta Webster. The unit will explore how these writers used literature to respond to the most challenging and divisive issues of their time in a way that still speaks to modern readers and created the foundation of the world we live in today.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Forum Participation | 20% | No | Weekly, ongoing |
Textual Analysis Task | 25% | No | 06/09/2020 |
Weekly Quizzes | 10% | No | 08/11/2020 |
Research Essay | 45% | No | Weekly, ongoing |
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Weekly, ongoing
Weighting: 20%
Preparation of notes for class relating to set tutorial topics and any addition research. Participation in forum activities; answering questions in weekly forums and responding to ideas of others.
Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 06/09/2020
Weighting: 25%
Textual analysis of short passage drawn from a set text.
Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 6 hours
Due: 08/11/2020
Weighting: 10%
Students will complete weekly online quizzes (multiple choice) relating to primary readings set for discussion.
Assessment Type 1: Essay
Indicative Time on Task 2: 45 hours
Due: Weekly, ongoing
Weighting: 45%
Research essay related to a set topic.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
For this unit, students will be expected to listen to a 1 hour lecture each week of session (weeks 1 to 12, inclusive). Students will also be expected to participate in online forum discussions (1 hour per week, weeks 1-12).
A list of readings will be provided for students via iLearn. Most readings will be provided in digital format via Leganto.
In addition to the digitised reading, students will be asked to source copies of the following texts:
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (Norton Critical Edition)
Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)
Charles Dickens, Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native (Oxford World's Classics)
Rudyard Kipling, Kim (Norton Critical Edition)
For each of these texts, the editions are recommended only and you may use other editions if you wish.
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