UNSW Handbook Course - Imagining the City

Imagining the City - ENGL1006


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of English
	Contact: Olubas,Brigitta
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)

Description

Introduces students to literary and cultural theory and encourages them to explore various processes in creative writing. Uses the city as a thematic centre, considering ways in which the city has been described and interpreted, imaginatively constructed, and theorised. Includes reference to intersecting cultural forms such as film and music.

Learning Outcomes

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the complex significance of the idea of the city in western modernity through the detailed study of a range of texts, and to extend this study through a structured and thematically-linked introduction to creative writing. It will introduce students to some exciting literature from the past two centuries and will enable them to explore thematic and other connections between texts in a rigorous and informed way, most importantly through the essay form. The course will:

Reinforce skills in the close reading of literary texts
Improve information literacy skills
Develop both creative and analytical writing skills
Strengthen the ability to construct and deploy critical argument in both oral and written forms.

Assessment

Essay 1 (1000-1500 words) - 20%
Class test - 20%
Essay 2 (2000-2500 words) - 30%
Creative Writing Portfolio - 10%
Tutorial participation and preparation - 20%

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