My Generation: Narratives of Youth in Fiction, Film and New Media (ENGL1012)
School of Humanities - Australian National University
Semester 2 / 2010

Texts

A Clockwork Orange [film]!$!Stanley Kubrick (dir.)!$! !$!!$!
The Graduate [film]!$!Mike Nichols (dir.) !$! !$!!$!
Fight Club [film]!$!David Fincher (dir.)!$! !$!!$!
Ghost World [graphic novel]!$!Daniel Clowes!$! !$!!$!
y separately published work icon Swallow the Air Dust on Waterglass Tara June Winch , 2003 St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006 Z1265164 2003 selected work short story (taught in 33 units)

Swallow the Air follows the life of 15-year-old May Gibson, an Aboriginal girl from New South Wales whose mother commits suicide. May and her brother go to live with their aunt, but eventually May travels further afield, first to Redfern's Block in Sydney, then to the Northern Territory, and finally into central New South Wales. She travels to escape, but also in pursuit of a sense of her own history, family, and identity.
The Bell Jar!$! Sylvia Plath!$! !$!!$!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass!$! Lewis Carroll!$!!$!!$!

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts

Description

This course examines a series of classic and contemporary narratives of youth and the transition to adulthood, in a range of media from novels and films to comic books and TV series. It explores the origins of the idea of adolescence as a distinct life stage, and explores how the experience of youth and the cultural meanings attached to it have changed across the generations from the Baby Boomers to Generation Y. As well as skills in the analysis of both literary and film narratives, students will develop a basic understanding of contemporary theories of identity and identity formation in relation to issues of race, class, gender and sexuality.

Assessment

500 word research exercise (10%); 1,000 word essay (20%); 1,500 word essay (35%) and two-hour examination (35%).

Other Details

Offered in: 2008
Levels: Undergraduate
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