What was postmodernism? This unit will explore the most interesting and innovative theoretical, literary and multimedia texts of the last half century to think about what aesthetic texts brought to arguments about politics, identity, truth and knowledge. We will examine the relationship between modernism and postmodernism, movements, communities and subcultures, experimentalism and activism, popular and high culture, and the rise of identity politics, the culture wars, and queer theory.
Unit details and rules
Unit code | ENGL2617 |
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Academic unit | |
Credit points | 6 |
Prohibitions
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ENGL2017 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 1000 level in English or 6 credit points at 1000 level in English and AMST1001 or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1076 or HSTY1023)) or 18 credit points at 1000 level including ENGL1011 |
Corequisites
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Daniel Dixon, daniel.dixon@sydney.edu.au |
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