58119 Text and Context

Students engage with a critical study of key modern concepts of writing, reading and contemporary culture. Issues central to the subject include the concept of representation, the nature of cultural texts, the theorisation of text and textuality within the post-modern and post-structuralist formation and the emergence of interactive forms of writing and their influence on writing. Critical study in the subject engages with theories of thinking and writing and recent and historical debate to do with what constitutes form, style and structure in both traditional and experimental formats. Students work creatively with a wide range of contemporary texts and explore different ways of writing. They write and read critically within the context of contemporary cultures and come to understand a wide range of traditional and non-traditional forms of writing.