Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
LANG 2007
Course Level
Undergraduate
Offered Externally
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Course ID
009998
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
Yes
Course owner
School of Creative Industries
To further develop students' knowledge of and skills in contemporary Indigenous writing, performance and cinema, within the discourses of Indigenous Knowledge and social theory.
Students will build on their knowledge of Aboriginal cultures by exploring the production of contemporary Aboriginal texts, critical comparisons with Indigenous writing from other first nations peoples, construction of Aboriginal identity by Australian colonial and post-colonial society and Aboriginal constructions of self. Students will analyse non-Indigenous historical and contemporary representation's of Aboriginal people, Indigenous literature, history and cinema and Indigenous and non-Indigenous post-colonial theory.
Heiss, A & Minter, P (eds) 2008, Macquarie PEN anthology of Aboriginal literature, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest, NSW
Nil
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Lecture | 1 hour x 13 weeks | ||
Seminar | 1 hour x 13 weeks | ||
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE | |||
External (Online activities) | 2 hours x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Essay, Presentation, Summary
EFTSL*: 0.125
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