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ENGL4110: Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
2024 unit information
This unit will introduce students to a variety of critical approaches to reading and writing literature and explore the influence of major debates in literary and cultural theory on criticism and creative practice. In addition to developing advanced skills in identifying how and why different critical and theoretical approaches shape reading and writing literary texts, the unit aims to evaluate how effective and/or appropriate such strategies might be in specific cases, including students' own critical and creative practice.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
English and Writing
| Code | ENGL4110 |
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| Academic unit | English and Writing |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ENGL4113 or ENGL4122 |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the major concepts, practices, and debates that inform critical theory and writing
- LO2. develop a greater understanding of the relationship between literary theory and creative and critical practice, and the variety of situations in which critical reading practices are deployed, including the interrelationship of reading and writing
- LO3. understand more about the historical context of literary theory and practice and the relationship between intratextual, intertextual and extra textual dimensions
- LO4. position your own critical and creative writing within contemporary practices and debates, including by comparing different modes of critical engagement
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