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ENGL3705: Writing Country: Indigenous Ecopoetics
This unit surveys Australian Indigenous representations of Country in poetry, fiction, art, and film. We consider Indigenous expressions of Country through comparative ecocritical transnational and trans-Indigenous frameworks and examine how Indigenous philosophies of Country can contribute to thinking about issues such as environmental crisis and climate change.
| Code | ENGL3705 |
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| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Australian literature or 12 credit points at 2000 level in English or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Indigenous Studies |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate an understanding of the cosmological, cultural and aesthetic meanings of Country
- LO2. identify and appreciate expressions of Country across a range of Indigenous literary and cultural texts
- LO3. demonstrate an understanding of contemporary transnational ecopoetics and ecocritical writing
- LO4. demonstrate an understanding of how discourse on Country responds and contributes to trans-Indigenous ecopoetics and ecocritical writing
- LO5. demonstrate an understanding of how discourse on Country responds and contributes to the environmental humanities
- LO6. demonstrate the development of generic skills in group learning, independent learning, literary reading and interpretation, academic writing, critical thinking and creative expression.
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- Semester 2, 2023 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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