Postmodernism (ENGL2617)
Department of English - University of Sydney
2012

Texts

y separately published work icon New and Selected Poems Gig Ryan , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2011 Z1819851 2011 selected work poetry (taught in 1 units)
y separately published work icon Urban Myths : 210 Poems : New and Selected John Tranter , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2006 Z1268860 2006 selected work poetry (taught in 4 units)

'Urban Myths: 210 Poems brings the best work to date from a poet considered one of the most original of his generation in Australia, together with a generous selection of new work. Smart, wry and very stylish, John Tranter’s poems investigate the vagaries of perception and the ability of language to converge life, imagination and art so that we arrive, unexpectedly, at the deepest human mysteries.' (Publication summary)
y separately published work icon Barley Patch Gerald Murnane , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2009 Z1594803 2009 single work novel (taught in 2 units) 'Barley Patch ... is a meditation on fiction and Murnane's own dedication to writing, and an examination of the relation between memory, image and lived experience. It is funny, self-deprecating, personal, as well as thoughtful and reflective, and enchanting in its clarity, detail and evocations of Australian life and landscape.' (from the publisher's website)
Crying of Lot 49!$!Pynchon, Thomas!$! !$!!$!
L.A. Confidential!$!Ellroy, James!$! !$!!$!
Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity!$!Carey, Mike!$! !$!Vertigo!$!2010

Description

This unit will explore some of the most interesting and innovative theoretical, literary and multimedia texts of the last half century. Some of the topics to be explored include the relationship between modernism and postmodernism; movements, communities and subcultures; experimentalism and activism; small press publishing and independent cinema; politics, history and cultural value; genre, style and intertextuality; auteurism and the 'death of the author'.

Assessment

1x1500wd essay (40%), 1x2000wd take-home exercise (40%), 1x500wd equivalent tutorial presentation (10%), tutorial participation (10%)

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Levels: Undergraduate
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