1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

AK422 Graduate Diploma in Korean for
Professionals 2A
6 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: AK421
Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Korean for
Professionals
Obiectives and Content
This subject is taken in the first semester of the second year.
The language component includes advanced grammar classes
and a reading and conversation module tailored to suit
students' professional language needs. The non-language
component consists of seminars on Korean politics.
Recommended reading
Buzo, A.F. Learning Korean Hanja Book 1. Melbourne, Swinburne
Press, 1990
Seo, W. Intermediate Korean. Melbourne, Swinburne Press, 1996
Shin, G.H. and Buzo, A.F. Learning Korean New Directions 3.
Melbourne, Swinburne Press, 1995
A list of references for the Korean politics component is available
from the course coordinator.
AK423 Graduate Diploma in Korean for
Professionals 2B
6 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: AK422
Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Korean for
Professionals
Obiedk and Content
This subject is the continuation of AK422 Graduate
Diploma in Korean for Professionals 2A with similar
content and Assessment: for both the language and
background components. The background component deals
with the economy of contemporary Korea.
Recommended reading
Buzo, A.F. Learning Korean Hanja Book 1. Melbourne, Swinburne
Press, 1990
Seo, W. Advanced Korean. Melbourne, Swinburne Press, 1996
A list of references for the economy component is available from
the course coordinator.
The core literature unit: ALM 104 Texts and Conterds is
listed in alpha-numeric code order on page 239.
AL102 Nature and the Machine Age: Pre and
Post Industrial Culture in Nineteenth
Century Literature
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: nil
Assessment: assignments and examination
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject surveys Romantic and post-Romantic writers of
the nineteenth and early twentieth century, emphasising the
artist's awareness of, and increasing divorcement from,
social concerns. The course includes English and European
fiction and drama, and English poetry.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
AL202 Contemporary Australian Writing
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: ALMlO4 or
approved equivalent, and APll2 for students majoring in
Australian Studies Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
The subject introduces students to the various kinds of
writing being practised by contemporary authors. A
diversity of forms will be examined - poetry, fiction,
drama, non-fiction (autobiography and biography), and
Aboriginal writing, as well as the contribution made to
Australian literature by authors for whom English is not
their first language. Students will keep a journal as a record
~f/~reparation for the discussion-based class. An oral
presentation will be made of a piece of Australian writing
that is not a set text.
Recommended reading
Eagleton, T. Literary Theory An Introduction. Oxford, Blackwell,
1983
Hergenhan, L. (ed.) The Penguin New Litera ry History of Australia.
Melbourne, Penguin, 1988
AL204 Reading, Writing and Criticism
3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite: A M 0 4 or
approved equivalent Assessment: essay, folio and
participation in seminars and workshops
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject is an exploration of the relationship between
various theories and practices of writing. Combining
modern literary and critical theories, practical workshop
writing, and the examination of a range of literary models, it
actively involves students in a dynamic investigation of what
writing is, how it is produced and how it operates within a
changing culture.
Recommended reading
Boyd, D. and Salusinszky, I. 'Newer Than New. Australian
Society's Plain Person's Guide to Literary Criticism'. Australian
Sociery. December 1989/January 1990, p. 18
AL205 American Literature
3 hoursper week Hawthorn Prerequisite: ALM104 or
approved equivalent Assessment: continuous
A subject in the Bachelor of Arts
Objectives and Content
This subject offers a thorough survey of the important
literary landmarks from the nineteeth and twentieth
centuries. Emphasis will be placed on the connections
between literature and developments within culture and
society. Also, the historical emergence of a 'modern' literary
tradition will be considered.
Recommended reading
Bond, M.N. 20th Century American Literature. U.S.A., Arden
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