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EL3851 - Self, Science and Society in Eighteenth Century Literature
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2012 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
1 |
Administered by: |
School of Arts & Social Sciences |
This subject focuses on English writing between 1660 and 1785, with an emphasis on
the eighteenth century. It examines how social and political change and the rise of
science impacted on culture and the individual. Key themes include Whig and Tory Party
Politics; New Worlds - Microscopic and Cosmological; Debating Women; The Country and
the City; A Day in Eighteenth-Century London; The Plurality of Worlds; Slavery and
the Slave Trade in Britain; Plagues, Epidemics and Medicine. These themes are addressed
by some of the greatest thinkers and writers in the English canon, in a variety of
modes including romance, satire, epic, novel, diary, philosophical and scientific
writing, and travel and journal writing.
Learning Outcomes
- to broaden and intensify the literary critical skills and understanding attained by
students at earlier levels, particularly where essay writing and extra-literary issues
are concerned;
- to develop a comprehensive understanding of the set texts;
- to achieve a broad knowledge of how English literature thematizes society, science
and self, with an emphasis on the 18th century;
- to acquire a grounding in English literary histories which address and explore how
the subjects of society, science and self are addressed in a range of literary modes;
- to acquire a grounding in the methodologies and critical practices appropriate to
the themes of society, science and self.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics
in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
- The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
- A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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EL2851 AND EL3051 AND EL5051 AND EL5851 |
Availabilities
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Cairns,
Study Period 1,
Internal
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Census Date 22-Mar-2012 |
Coord/Lect: |
<Person not found>. |
Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures
- 13 hours tutorials
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Assessment: |
end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%). |
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Townsville,
Study Period 1,
Limited
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Census Date 22-Mar-2012 |
Face to face teaching
(Students access online lecture material and attend a one hour per week face to face
tutorial)
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Coordinator: |
<Person not found> |
Lecturers:
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<Person not found>, Professor Michael Ackland. |
Workload expectations: |
- 12 hours tutorials - Students access online lecture material and attend one hour face to face tutorial
per week
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Assessment: |
end of semester exam (40%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (40%). |
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Cairns,
Study Period 1,
External
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Census Date 22-Mar-2012 |
Coord/Lect: |
<Person not found>. |
Workload expectations: |
- 26 hours lectures - Two hours per week of reading online lectures
- 13 hours tutorials - One hour per week for participation in and contribution to Discussion Board on LearnJCU
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Method of Delivery: |
WWW - LearnJCU |
Assessment: |
end of semester exam (40%); essays (40%); participation in and contribution to discussion board topics on learnjcu (20%). |
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