Universität Wien

123044 PS PS Literary Studies (2024W)

Reading Australia. Australia in the Written Form

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Th 09.01. 18:15-19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Note: Several classes will take place online. We will discuss that in the first class.

  • Thursday 10.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 17.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 24.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 31.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 07.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 14.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 21.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 28.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 05.12. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 12.12. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 16.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 23.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Thursday 30.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will aim to read Australia from multiple angles, trying to understand the vast diversity of the nation and its at times troubled history. Students will read from a variety of genres including poetry, prose, biography and letters. Student will gain tools essential in communicating their arguments in an academic manner.

Assessment and permitted materials

There will be bi-weekly presentations as well as feedback reports for the other students. Students will write a paper at the end of the semester. Class discussion will be an important factor.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Weekly Feedback & Discussion - 24%
Presentation - 25%
Written paper - 51%

Examination topics

Students will be expected to read all texts and encouraged to research topic areas. Group presentations will take place and grading will also consider in-class discussions, unique and independent thinking, and the ability to put forth academic arguments in class.
Students are expected to write a final paper.

Reading list

Bellanta, Melissa. Larrikins: A History. N.p., 2012. Web. <https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8v21y/larrikins-a-history>.
Boochani, Behrouz, and Omid Tofighian. No Friend but the Mountains : Writing from Manus Prison. Picador, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2018.
Jefferis, Barbara. The Drover’s Wife (1980). In: Thieme, John. (ed.). The Arnold Anthology of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. London: Arnold, 1996. 265-272.
Kossew, S. (2003). Writing Woman, Writing Place: Contemporary Australian and South African Fiction (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203380680
Lawson, Henry (n.d.). The Drover’s Wife. Web. https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DrovWife.shtml
Patterson, Bango. Waltzing Matilda, N.p., n.d. Web. <https://trishansoz.com/trishansoz/waltzing-matilda/waltz.html>.
Pilkington, Doris, et al. Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence. University of Queensland Press, 2002.
Tranter, Bruce, and Jed Donoghue. “Ned Kelly.” Journal of Sociology 46.2 (2010): 187–205. Web. <https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783309355063>.

All literature will be provided on moodle.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612; BEd 046 / 407
Code/Modul: BA10.1; BEd 08a.1, BEd 08b.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-3041

Last modified: Th 12.09.2024 18:05