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Course Details |
Fees and Dates
| Offered By: |
School of Humanities |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
English |
| Offered in: |
First Semester, 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
12 units |
| Course Description: |
AUTHORSHIP AND AUTHORITYHow does a writer's obstensible authority as a writer or cultural critic, as a spokesperson on gender or race,or as a celebrity or popular culture hero, affect how we read his/her work? This course investigates the concept and construction of authorship in a selection of twentieth century texts (including film as well as literature). Students will be introduced to theories about the author and his/her relationship to the reader (Barthes, Foucault etc). Special focus topics will include: the problem of authorship/authority for women/ African-American writers; imitation and other anxieties of influence; passing, plagiarism and crimes of writing; literary celebrity and scandal; book clubs/ reading culture. |
| Learning Outcomes: |
On satisfying the requirements for this course, students will further develop analytic and evaluative skills, begun at undergraduate level. Students will learn the value of a theoretical approach to the study of canonical and popular American texts and will discover new ways of thinking about the role of authorship in contemporary consumer culture. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
In order to pass this course, students must pass 60% (in total) of the following assessment tasks: 1 x Oral Seminar presentation (10% of mark) 1 x 2000 word write up of seminar presentation (30% of mark) 1 x 3,500 word essay (60% of mark) |
| Workload: |
Contact hours : 1 x 2 hour seminar per week (26 hours per semester). |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
English |
| Eligibility: |
Students enrolled in this course would normally have obtained at least a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in English in which most of the grades are at Credit level or better. Consideration will also be given to those students with a good Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, with no English major. |
Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills: |
Skills in critical analysis and essay writing abilities. |
| Prescribed Texts: |
F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Nella Larsen, Passing Sylvia Plath, Poems, Letters, Diary Truman Capote, In Cold Blood Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections |
| Preliminary Reading: |
F Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Nella Larsen, Passing |
| Academic Contact: |
Dr Monique Rooney |
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