ALL101 - The Stories We Tell: Inventing Selves and Others
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Alyson Miller |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ALL401 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week or approximately 2-hours of online learning tasks and discussions per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) | |
Content
This unit will equip students with the vocabulary needed to talk about literary texts and invite students to think about the vital role that fictions play in giving shape to our identities. The unit approaches literature and literary study as important pathways to unlocking our identities and understanding our lives, affirming the potential for transformation of the self that literary texts and study offer. Set texts include classics from literature, contemporary film works and avant-garde texts.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply knowledge of literary history, modes, concepts, language to the real-world function of literary texts and literary study | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Use a broad range of vocabulary in reading and analysis which include the comparative evaluation of texts and the critical investigation of crucial text-world relationships in a well-structured way using both oral and written communication | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Employ a range of digital communication technologies to conduct literary research to express your knowledge and judgements in a variety of forms | GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO4 | Apply knowledge of how different social and cultural contexts have an impact on literature and language and explore ethics relating to social conduct and responsibility through scholarly and professional engagement with local, national, and international contexts and Indigenous perspectives related to storytelling | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO5 | Analyse, evaluate and synthesise knowledge and express your judgements and inquiries in a variety of forms and appropriate registers, with a growing understanding of literary studies conventions of writing and criticism to generate new, innovative and creative solutions | GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO6 | Demonstrate autonomy, responsibility and a continued commitment to learning and skill development, as a reflective and self-directed practitioner to pursue life-long learning | GLO6: Self-management |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Introduction to Literary Studies Online Quiz | 400 words | 15% | Week 2 |
| Assessment 2: Creative Essay + Critical Appendix | 1500 words | 30% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 3: Blog | 600 words | 15% | Week 9 |
| Assessment 4: Critical Essay | 1500 words | 40% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ALL101 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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