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ENGL3060 – Pursuing Research in Literary Studies
2020 – Session 2, Special circumstance
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.
General Information
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Hsu-Ming Teo
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| Credit points |
Credit points
10
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ENGL3050
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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 research unit offers students the opportunity to delve deeply into one particular area of literature that interests them, using the skills and knowledge acquired in ENGL3050. Students will be encouraged to develop their own topic and line of inquiry to explore their chosen texts and associated scholarship in fields such as: medieval literature, Shakespeare, Renaissance studies, eighteenth-century literature, Romanticism, Victorianism, the nineteenth-century Decadent movement, modernism, postmodernism, posthumanism, world literature, contemporary literature, Australian literature, feminist literature, poetry, crime fiction, fantasy novels, YA fiction, dystopian fiction, medievalism, romance novels, historical novels, and graphic novels, as well as the interdisciplinary field of literature and film or television. Students will work on a research project with supervisors who are experts in these fields in order to develop advanced research skills. |
Important Academic Dates
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- ULO1: Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the research in literary studies, shown through familiarity with the aims and outcomes of different lines of inquiry.
- ULO2: Demonstrate a well-developed capacity for rigorous and independent thinking, shown through being able to select and pursue a viable line of research in literary studies.
- ULO3: Demonstrate advanced research skills, shown through being able to locate, interpret, and, critically analyse published scholarship in the area of English literary studies chosen as a research focus.
- ULO4: Demonstrate advanced skills in critical thinking and synthesis, shown through combining research findings and critical practice to support ideas about textual meaning.
- ULO5: Demonstrate advanced skills in persuasive argumentation, shown through being able to organise and present information efficiently and meaningfully
- ULO6: Demonstrate advanced academic writing skills shown through the production of reasoned, well-informed argument in written work
- ULO7: Combine research-led practice and initiative to develop innovative ways of approaching and solving textual and interpretive problems
General Assessment Information
See ENGL3060 iLearn site for details.
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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| Participatory Task | 20% | No | Weeks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 13 |
| Project Plan | 20% | No | Monday 7 September |
| Research Paper | 60% | No | Sunday 1 November |
Participatory Task
Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 14 hours
Due: Weeks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 13
Weighting: 20%
Participation in seminars, including oral presentation of project plan and oral report on completed project.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the research in literary studies, shown through familiarity with the aims and outcomes of different lines of inquiry.
- Demonstrate a well-developed capacity for rigorous and independent thinking, shown through being able to select and pursue a viable line of research in literary studies.
- Demonstrate advanced academic writing skills shown through the production of reasoned, well-informed argument in written work
- Combine research-led practice and initiative to develop innovative ways of approaching and solving textual and interpretive problems
Project Plan
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Monday 7 September
Weighting: 20%
1000 word plan of research project including: research question, primary text, methodology, and bibliography.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the research in literary studies, shown through familiarity with the aims and outcomes of different lines of inquiry.
- Demonstrate a well-developed capacity for rigorous and independent thinking, shown through being able to select and pursue a viable line of research in literary studies.
- Demonstrate advanced academic writing skills shown through the production of reasoned, well-informed argument in written work
- Combine research-led practice and initiative to develop innovative ways of approaching and solving textual and interpretive problems
Research Paper
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 66 hours
Due: Sunday 1 November
Weighting: 60%
Written research paper: 4000 words
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the research in literary studies, shown through familiarity with the aims and outcomes of different lines of inquiry.
- Demonstrate a well-developed capacity for rigorous and independent thinking, shown through being able to select and pursue a viable line of research in literary studies.
- Demonstrate advanced research skills, shown through being able to locate, interpret, and, critically analyse published scholarship in the area of English literary studies chosen as a research focus.
- Demonstrate advanced skills in critical thinking and synthesis, shown through combining research findings and critical practice to support ideas about textual meaning.
- Demonstrate advanced skills in persuasive argumentation, shown through being able to organise and present information efficiently and meaningfully
- Demonstrate advanced academic writing skills shown through the production of reasoned, well-informed argument in written work
- Combine research-led practice and initiative to develop innovative ways of approaching and solving textual and interpretive problems
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
- the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
- the Writing Centre for academic skills support.
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery and Resources
This unit is primarily a reading unit: you will be given a reading list and some guidance through it, but your time will be spent reading, researching, and crafting your research project.
SEMINARS: There are 6 seminars to be held in Weeks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 13. Participation in these seminars is compulsory and will count towards the total mark for this unit. Classes will be run either on-campus or online.
There are no required texts. Reading lists for particular topics are available on the ENGL3060 iLearn site.
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- Special Consideration Policy (Note: The Special Consideration Policy is effective from 4 December 2017 and replaces the Disruption to Studies Policy.)
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