Nearest Neighbours: Asia-Pacific Literature, Culture and Communication - ZHSS8103
Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Course Outline: ZHSS8103 Course Outline
Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Restricted to students enrolled in Graduate Diploma or Masters programs.
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The course ranges over selected literary and cinematic works of cultures of the Asia-Pacific region including those works generated or affected by contact with the West. Concepts such as homeland, community, Asian-ness and Orientalism will be examined. Focus on specific countries of the region will change from year to year, and may include travel writing and early ethnographic writing about first and later contacts between Europeans and local cultures.
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