Code
Undergraduate: CT3038W
Postgraduate: CT9038W
Postgraduate: CT9038W
Level
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Discipline
Systematic Theology (CT)
Field
Christian Thought and History (C)
Prerequisites
Undergraduate: 36 points in CT, and 18 points in BA or DM
Postgraduate: 48 points in CT, and 24 points in BA or DM
This unit builds on and applies hermeneutical and theological skills gained in foundation units in CT and BA or DM units to the reading of fiction.
Postgraduate: 48 points in CT, and 24 points in BA or DM
This unit builds on and applies hermeneutical and theological skills gained in foundation units in CT and BA or DM units to the reading of fiction.
Faculty
Jason Goroncy, with Paul Mitchell view profile >
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
- Identify key themes and content in literature.
- Engage theologically and critically with literature in various contexts.
- Evaluate ways people seek and communicate meaning through literature.
- Demonstrate critical connections between literature, theology, and the life of faith.
Postgraduate
- Identify key themes and content in literature.
- Engage theologically and critically with literature in various contexts.
- Evaluate ways people seek and communicate meaning through literature.
- Demonstrate critical connections between literature, theology, and the life of faith.
- Formulate research criteria and methodologies relevant for pursuing postgraduate-level research in theology and culture.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
- Seminar paper (1,000 words) (30%)
- Essay (3,500 words) (70%)
Postgraduate
- Seminar paper (1,000 words) (30%)
- Essay (6,000 words) (70%)
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Recommended reading
- Ashcroft, Bill, Frances Devlin-Glass, and Lyn McCredden. Intimate Horizons: The Post-Colonial Sacred in Australian Literature. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2009.
- Bennett, Andrew, and Nicholas Royle. An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory. 5th Abingdon: Routledge, 2016.
- Carroll, John. The Western Dreaming: The Western World is Dying for Want of a Story. Sydney: HarperCollins, 2001.
- Coleman, Claire G. Terra Nullius: A Novel. Easthampton: Small Beer Press, 2017.
- Flanagan, Richard. The Narrow Road to the Deep North. London: Chatto & Windus, 2014.
- Hart, Kevin. Wild Track: New and Selected Poems. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2015.
- Malouf, David. Ransom. New York: Vintage, 2011.
- Tacey, David. Re-Enchantment: The New Australian Spirituality. Melbourne: HarperCollins, 2000.
- White, Patrick. The Tree of Man. London: Penguin, 1961.
- Winton, Tim. The Turning. Melbourne: Penguin, 2014.
- Wright, Alexis. Carpentaria. Sydney: Giramondo Publishing, 2006.
Set texts recommended for purchase: Nil