Pre-requisites

None.

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Describe a Christian worldview and other worldviews

• Identify key ideas and devices in literature

• Apply a Christian worldview perspective in the examination of literature

• Prepare academic writings to accepted conventions

Unit Description

This unit explores the ways in which literature historically and presently shapes and reflects society. It explores the formation and attributes of a Christian worldview and how these compare and contrast with other dominant worldviews. It encourages students to engage with texts critically, exploring worldview contexts. Students are given introductory instruction to literary analysis and writing about literature. Literature encompasses multi-modal literature such as journalism, plays, film and digital media, including (but not limited to) video gaming, social media ‘stories’, animation, documentary and short film.

Topics

• What is literature and the contribution of literature to culture and society
• What is worldview?
• The Christian worldview and the problem of dualism
• Other worldviews - modernism, existentialism, postmodernism, consumerism
• How and why Christians should read literature
• Literary analysis - engaging with the text, the importance of context
• Analysing literature from a Christian worldview
• Literary devices: genre, plot, setting, mood, tone, archetypes, style, metaphor, point of view etc
• Identifying genre: fantasy, classical, contemporary, modern, postmodern, romance, Australian, comedy, tragedy, etc.
• Authorial intent and reader-response theory
• Exploring the various forms of literature
• How to write about literature in any form

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Unit offerings

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.