Australian Literature and Identity

Awards offering Australian Literature and Identity

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Associate Degree in Ministry
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Social Science
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
• Bachelor of Arts (Education Studies)
• Bachelor of Ministry
• Diploma of Arts
• Undergraduate Certificate in Arts

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Analyse connections between Australian English texts and contexts;
2. Review the signature Australian literary texts of the English language across the 20th-21st Centuries;
3. Analyse how ideas, perspectives, and values are represented in Australian texts and how they are received by audiences;
4. Analyse and compare texts, through the identification of the structural, conventional, and language and stylistic features used by authors;
5. Examine evidence to develop, support, and justify a critical interpretation of a text;
6. Examine and defend arguments relating to the technical composition of two key Australian literary texts;
7. Justify how the two Australian literary texts significantly contribute  to the construction of National Identity.

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to Face (on site)
• Distance/E-learning (online)
• Intensive

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Forum Posts and Debate Topics (20%)
• Reading Review Journal (30%)
• Major Essay (50%)

Prescribed Text

• Please consult your instructor before purchasing any texts