English Capstone: Literature and Contemporary World - ARTS3031
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of the Arts and Media
Course Outline: School of the Arts and Media
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 72uoc overall, including ARTS1030, and ARTS1010 or ARTS1031, and enrolment in an English major/minor; or 72uoc overall, including ARTS1010 and ARTS2032, and enrolment in a Creative Writing major/minor
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: English
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Creative Writing
The discipline of literary studies emerges not just from a set of canonical texts but also from an ongoing and vital series of debates about the nature, meaning and value of what we call literature. What is a classic, what is a hoax, what is obscene, and what is worthless? The aesthetic judgements we make about literary texts show how enmeshed literature is in the fabric of the contemporary world. This course will consider the relationship between literature as a creative act and literature as a public discourse. It will analyze literary culture from the perspective both of aesthetics and politics. It will encourage you to reflect upon the role of literary studies in the contemporary world by asking: How does literature contribute to a society's public discourse about itself? And how can studying literature serve members of that society in their professional capacities?
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