ATS3421 Literature and modernism
Faculty of Arts
ATS3421 Literature and modernism is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2024 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3421
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3421
No unit lists ATS3421 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
In this unit you will examine some of the major writers and texts of modernist literature from the Anglophone world from 1900 to 1940. You will discuss the famous works of 'High' modernism (e.g. Mrs Dalloway, The Waste Land), the literature produced by expatriate writers (e.g. Ernest Hemingway, Jean Rhys) as well as modernism's afterlife in contemporary literature. Our focus will be on the way modernist experiments revolutionised the depiction of character, rejected formal and stylistic literary conventions and experimented with language
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Essay30%
- Essay60%
- Participation10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
identify and analyse modernist techniques and themes;
- 2
assess and interpret the relationship between literary texts and their social and political context;
- 3
critically analyse key approaches to modernist literature;
- 4
evaluate and critique modernism as a term of periodisation;
- 5
critically read and interpret literary texts.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS3421 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2024 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Melinda Harvey
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Melinda Harvey
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3421?
ATS3421 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3421 offered?
In 2024, ATS3421 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS3421?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3421 have an exam?
No. ATS3421 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3421?
ATS3421 is part of Literary studies.