50180 Culture and Poetics

8cp

Requisite(s): 50108 Contemporary Cultures OR 50229 Contemporary Cultures OR C04109 Master of Arts in Creative Writing

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.

Disciplinary Strand – Cultural Studies – 300 level

This subject focuses critically on theories of language, theories of production and invention and ideas of the poetic. In part, this question is studied historically, in particular considering issues such as the nature of voice, sign and structure inherited through romantic, modernist and post-structuralist paradigms. Other core models such as the concept and practice of experiment, competing theories of the imagination and the influence of digital aesthetics may be studied. The subject asks questions about the meaning of contemporary definitions of reading and writing and how subjective experience is represented within current writing systems. Stressing the importance of the poem, the works of a number of contemporary writers are considered and students are asked to respond critically to debates and practices in contemporary poetics.

For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/50180.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $3,000.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported 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. Domestic fee-paying 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.