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This Unit is archived with an end date of 31/01/2023

Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2019-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S1-INT-2019-ONGOING

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Examine a range of literary and creative texts and genres to investigate the impact of fictions on cultures past and present.

2.

Describe how fictions represent creative, imaginative and public forms of cultural practice.

3.

Analyse the relationship between text, context, writer and reader.

4.

Develop analytical techniques, effective communication skills, and conventions of the discipline to create evidence-based arguments.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Students will engage with a wide range of digital and physical texts (literary, creative, and performative) as they learn about the impact of texts. They will learn to identify specific genres and styles and to reflect critically on the dynamic relationship between writer/performer, text, reader and context.