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ENL3000 Modernism

Semester 1, 2022 Springfield On-campus
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts
School or Department : School of Humanities & Communication
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

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Requisites

Pre-requisite: ENL1000

Overview

ENL3000 Modern Literature provides students with advanced content knowledge of a key period in the history of English Literature, covering both literary and critical materials. Students will engage with key critical debates in examination of literature of the early twentieth century.

This course will introduce students to English and European literatures of the early twentieth century. It will examine prose and poetry of the Modernist period as a means of framing reading strategies and critical debates. The course also considers the set texts within their socio-historical context.

Course learning outcomes

On completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate advanced academic and professional literacy by explaining key concepts and theoretical issues in the culture of modernism;
  2. employ advanced cultural literacy in critically evaluating modern literature within its historical and cultural context;
  3. apply skills related to objectives 1 and 2 to advanced critical reading and practice with consistent use of academic norms underpinning academic integrity;
  4. compose pieces of writing that adhere precisely to disciplinary conventions, specifically tailored to different purposes;
  5. utilise management, planning and organisation skills by improving performance in the second research essay based on feedback from the first;
  6. consistently provide evidence of reflective practice and engagement through class or forum participation.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Theory and practice of modern literature 25.00
2. Modernism in historical perspective 25.00
3. Critical reading and theoretical debate 25.00
4. Literature and social history 25.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Bowen, E 1999, To the north, Vintage Classics, London.
Eliot, TS 1964, Selected poems, Faber, London.
Joyce, J 2006, Dubliners, WW Norton, New York.
Kafka, F 1992, The transformation and other stories, Penguin, London.
Scott-Fitzgerald, F 2013, The great Gatsby, Penguin Modern Classics, London.
Silkin, J (ed) 1981, The Penguin book of first world war poetry, 2nd edn, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
Woolf, V 2000, To the lighthouse, Longmans, Harlow.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Description Weighting (%)
PARTICIPATION 10
ESSAY 1 30
ESSAY 2 40
TAKE-HOME TEST 20
Date printed 10 February 2023