AustLit
Degrees
Description
This unit is designed to provide students with opportunities to hone their skills as storytellers with a focus on travel narrative, and to foster an understanding and appreciation of the theoretical issues associated with travel and travel writing. As this unit recognises that a writer can draw on local as well as foreign places to construct a sound travel narrative, it is offered to students regardless of how much they have travelled.
Assessment
Research essay 30%
Two original travel narratives 60%
Class participation: contribution to class discussion, reading analysis & workshopping process 10%
Other Details
Offered in:
2010, 2011, 2012
Current Campus:
Burwood (Melbourne), External
Levels:
Postgraduate