EGL554: Literary Theory

This unit introduces students to a range of contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of literature, with a particular emphasis on postmodernism, post-structuralism and postcolonialism. An understanding of literary theory is developed through critical readings of several works of literature, including a number of contemporary texts.

Related Unit Codes:

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal
Contact Time	Seminars: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in Honours or Postgraduate-level courses.
Exclusions
Notes	Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit except where the course structure states otherwise.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Professor Vijay Mishra Position: Professor - Eng and Comp Lit E-mail: V.Mishra@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.075 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2323
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Professor Vijay Mishra Professor - Eng and Comp Lit (V.Mishra@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2323 Murdoch Campus Education and Humanities Room 3.075 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)