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FASS2200: Great Books and Radical Texts
2024 unit information
Guided by experts from across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, you will encounter a range of internationally significant texts from the ancient through to the modern era. Weekly seminars place emphasis on detailed group discussion, as you collectively and critically analyse the concept of “great” books and “radical” texts via works which both found and challenge traditions. Authors and texts vary each year, but can include ancient works such as the poems of Sappho, the plays of Sophocles and the Analects of Confucius, alongside more modern texts like Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Hannah Arendt's meditations on Humanity in Dark Times, and James Baldwin’s best-selling The Fire Next Time.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Code | FASS2200 |
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| Academic unit | Arts and Social Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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must be in the Dalyell stream |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate awareness and understanding of primary texts, unit themes, and related topics
- LO2. show familiarity with theoretical and critical perspectives and be able to discuss and apply them to primary texts and related topics
- LO3. critically evaluate primary texts and related materials in the cultural, political, geographical, social, and historical contexts in which they were produced
- LO4. plan for and meet goals and deadlines, both independently as a team member
- LO5. demonstrate advanced skills in research and critical thinking and analysis to link information in an original way
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