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The Life of Words - ARTS1010
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: School of English, Media and Performing Arts Courses
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
 
 

Description

Subject Area: Creative Writing

This gateway course for the Minor in Writing is a comparative and historical overview of the origins and functions of writing systems, from cuneiform script and Australian Aboriginal iconography to contemporary literature. It will train students in the analysis of the pragmatics of language performances, and in the poetics and rhetorics of the transmission of thoughts and feelings. Using examples from all kinds of literatures, it will show how texts can actively foster cultures and empower individuals. Techniques of compositional analysis will be supplemented with contemporary cultural theory. Students will have the opportunity to workshop their own writing in class and in online writing laboratories.

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