• Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject English
  • Areas of interest English, Literature
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Russell Smith
  • Mode of delivery In-Person and Online
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in Second Semester 2020
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This course examines in detail some of the key authors and texts of the movement known as Modernism. While the emphasis is on British, Irish and American modernist writers, the course will also examine the broader context of European modernism and modernism in other art-forms such as visual arts, music, cinema, architecture and design. Writers to be studied may include Conrad, Woolf, Eliot, Joyce, Kafka, Jean Rhys and Samuel Beckett.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
  1. Demonstrate knowledge of some of the major authors and texts of the Modernist period as well key debates in Modernist studies.
  2. Critically analyse modernist texts.
  3. Understand the broad cultural and historical context behind the various literary and artistic movements known as Modernism.
  4. Understand and successfully deploy a range of terms and concepts integral to modernist literary studies.

Indicative Assessment

Essay 1, 2,000-words, 40% [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3,4]
Essay 2, 2,000-words, 40% [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4]
1,500-word online tutorial activities 20% [Learning Outcome 2]
 

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Workload

In person:
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of online tutorials.
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Online:
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of online lectures and 12 hours of online tutorials.
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying a Graduate Certificate of Studies or a Masters level program. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed ENGL2080.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $3570
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2020 $5460
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
9207 27 Jul 2020 03 Aug 2020 31 Aug 2020 30 Oct 2020 In Person N/A

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