This unit refines and deepens students' understanding of critical literacy by studying new developments in literary and cultural theory. Theory is presented as an integrated reflective practice, rather than a collection of discrete approaches to textual understanding. Issues discussed include the relationship between literature and history, race and representation, the relationship between literature and oral and digital cultures, and literature and cultural identities. This unit connects with the Literacy strand of the new Australian Curriculum, and with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures cross-curriculum priority. -- Course Website
