50256 Genre Study

8cp
Requisite(s): 50134 Culture,Writing and Textuality
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Disciplinary Strand – Cultural Studies – 300 level

This advanced study of literary texts is designed to bring students into further contact with both contemporary and canonical literature. Literary theoretical concepts and categories provide means of close reading these texts, as well as the delivery of sophisticated ways of thinking about the literary. This should be of practical use to students in the Writing Strand. The debates explore the limits of the literary text (to hypertext and multimedia, as well as installations), and the functional operation of categories like author, genre, narrative, performance, subjectivity, ritual and text. No one theoretical approach, or set of approaches, is privileged. The analysis of the texts chosen leads students to their own innovative readings and applications which may fall between essayistic and more creative pieces of writing.

For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/50256.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $816.50
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,720.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2006 for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Other students (such as postgraduate students and international students) should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.