Course overview
In this course, students will read narrative and non-narrative texts as social, material and cultural expressions in which versions of the world are produced through language and image. In this course students will explore the overlaps, mixtures and interactions between narrative and non-narrative texts. This will include analysis of poetic language, persuasive techniques and cultural expressions in texts that circulate in personal and political domains, and in popular culture and social media. Students will engage in deep analysis of language, literature and visual image through creative and critical perspectives.
Course learning outcomes
- Create literary texts
- Apply literary theory and meta-language to analyse literature
- Explain how narrative and non-narrative texts are produced
- Apply knowledge of literature to diverse secondary school teaching contexts
- Explain the purposes of literature in personal and political domains