ATS3996 Anxieties and apprehensions: Asian and European perspectives
Faculty of Arts
ATS3996 Anxieties and apprehensions: Asian and European perspectives is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2026. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2026
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3996
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3996
No unit lists ATS3996 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must have completed 12 credit points at level 2
Overview
“East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet” is the infamous line by Rudyard Kipling that has underpinned relations between the two geopolitical and ideational spheres of Asia and Europe. Though the two spheres came into existence through processes of mutual influence and interaction, centuries of conquest and colonisation have locked them into a dynamic of apprehension and anxiety about each other. You will explore the roots of these anxieties and how they are expressed through popular cultural forms, like crime, disease, dystopian, ecological, environmental, horror and zombie narratives.
These popular culture texts can perpetuate or transcend entrenched oppositional perspectives through commonalities of genre and stylistic techniques while also producing innovations. In engaging with these narratives, you will be encouraged to examine your own planetary worldview.
Offerings in 2026
The 2026 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3996.
Assessment
- Analytical exercisesExercise15%
- Presentation15%
- ReflectionWritten30%
- Case studyWritten40%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Compare and critically analyse how Asia and Europe continue to view each other through anxiety and apprehension in the modern world, despite having constituted each other through ongoing historical practices and discourses;
- 2
Apply advanced comparative methodologies to evaluate and critique popular culture discourses in which East and West articulate apprehensions and anxieties about each other;
- 3
Independently research and critically evaluate primary and secondary sources relevant to ideas of East and West to support sophisticated and well-contextualised critical insights;
- 4
Use academic language perceptively and effectively.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
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.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Stewart King
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Stewart King
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3996?
ATS3996 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3996 offered?
ATS3996 has no offerings listed in the 2026 handbook.
How much work is ATS3996?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3996 have an exam?
No. ATS3996 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.