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ENGL1022: Contemporary Literature
2025 unit information
How do we think about contemporary writing without the historical distance and critical tradition that older texts offer? Studying contemporary literature offers a unique opportunity to analyse the way critical understanding is formed by reading literature of the moment, writing about it, and writing in response to it. Students will think critically and creatively about the cultures of the present by reading texts alongside a dynamic sense of our shared present: its controversies, assumptions, and deep relation to the literary and cultural traditions that inform writing practice.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | English and Writing |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Identify significant features of contemporary writing and articulate an historicised and rich sense of what it means for authors and writers to be "contemporary."
- LO2. Analyse and evaluate different modes and genres of communication in primary and secondary texts.
- LO3. Critically defend ideas and arguments derived from analysing English texts in critical and/or creative forms of communication.
- LO4. Develop responses to literary texts and culture using a variety of genres.
- LO5. Identify and respond with contextually appropriate understanding to a variety of contemporary issues as they are canvassed in literary texts.
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