1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

content and Assessment: for both the language and
background components. The background component deals
with the economy of contemporary Korea.
Recommended reading
Buzo, A.F. Learning Korean Hanja Book 1. Melbourne, Swinburne
Press, 1990
Kim, S. and Seo, W. Advanced Korean. Melbourne, Swinburne
Press, 1994
A list of references for the economy component is available from
the course coordinator.
A11 00 Twentieth Century Literature
(Not offered in 1996)
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
~ssess~ment: continuous
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject explores the impact of twentieth century
innovation and experimentation in the arts on the dominant
forms of literary representation and interpretation. The
implications of contemporary thought about language will be
considered, ~articularl~ in relation to the emergence of new
critical methods. These have challenged assumptions about
what literature is, its relationship to society, and how it
should be interpreted and valued.
Recommended reading
Eagleton, T. Literary Theory. An Introduction. Oxford, Blackwell,
1983
A11 02 Nature and the Machine Age: Pre
and Post Industrial Culture in
Nineteenth Century Literature
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: assignments and examination
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject surveys Romantic and post-Romantic writers of
the nineteenth and early twentieth century, emphasising the
artist's awareness of, and increasing divorcement from,
social concerns. The course includes English and European
fiction and drama, and English poetry.
Recommended reading
As for ALlOO
A1202 Contemporary Australian Writing
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: ALM104 or
approved equivalent, and APllZfor students majoring in
Australian Studies Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
The subject introduces students to the various kinds of
writing being practised by contemporary authors. A
diversity of forms will be examined - poetry, fiction,
drama, non-fiction (autobiography and biography), and
Aboriginal writing, as well as the contribution made to
Australian literature by authors for whom English is not
their first language. Students will keep a journal as a record
of/preparation for the discussion-based class. An oral
presentation will be made of a piece of Australian writing
that is not a set text.
Recommended reading
Eagleton, T. Literary Theory An Introduction. Oxford,
Blackwell, 1983
Hergenhan, L. (ed.) The Penguin New Literary History of Australia.
Melbourne, Penguin, 1988
A1204 Reading, Writing and Criticism
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: ALM104 or
approved equivalent .* Assessment: essay, folio and
participation inseminars and workshops
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject is an exploration of the relationship between
various theories and practices of writing. Combining
modern literary and critical theories, practical workshop
writing, and the examination of a range of literary models, it
actively involves students in a dynamic investigation of what
writing is, how it is produced and how it operates within a
changing culture.
Recommended reading
Boyd, D. and Salusinszky, I. 'Newer Than New. Australian
Society's Plain Person's Guide to Literary Criticism'. Australian
Society. December 1989/January 1990, p. 18
A1205 American Literature
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: ALM104 or
approved equivalent Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject offers a thorough survey of the important
literary landmarks from the nineteeth and twentieth
centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the connections
between literature and developments within culture and
society. Also, the historical emergence of a 'modern' literary
tradition will be considered.
Recommended reading
Bond, M.N. 20th Century Ama'can Literature. U.S.A., Arden
Library, 1979
Buell, L. Literary Transcendentalism Style and Vision in the
American Renaissance. Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1973
Cunliffe, M. The Literature of the United States. 4th edn, New
York, Penguin, 1986
Matthiesson, F.O. American Renaissance. London, Oxford
University Press, 1977
Thorp, W. American Writing in the 20th Century. Ann Arbor,
Michigan University Microfilms International, 1986
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