Subject description
What if we could do money differently? In the contemporary late-capitalist world, more and more aspects of our lives are monetized, while we are told that the ‘laws of the market’ shape our society and dictate what is and isn’t possible. Literature and anthropology, however, tell different stories. In this … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Delivery
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Engagement hours
1 hour lecture, 2 hour tutorial:1 hour lecture, 2 hour tutorial
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Critically analyse how literary texts from a range of cultural and historical contexts register and respond to their socio-economic context, including the contemporary construction of debt, money and the market
2.
Accurately and self-reflectively deploy a critical vocabulary of technical terms drawn from economic criticism and related critical schools, including Marxism, in the analysis of literary texts
3.
Analyse and compare the differing ways in which human subjectivity, social relations, and life narratives are constructed in the discourses of economics and of literature
4.
Deploy theories of the dual economy of debt and credit (as both a system of social/moral obligation and a financial system) in the analysis of literary texts
Assessment details
In class Test
Reading Journal
Research Essay
Textbook information
No prescribed textbooks for this subject.
Contact details
Faculty contact