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Second/third-year subjects not offered in 1999
Fourth-year subjects not offered in 1999
English is the study of literary texts written in the English Language. English subjects incorporate traditional studies of texts organised by author, national origin or historic period with recent developments in postcolonial studies, gender studies, queer studies, media studies and popular culture. We offer subjects from the medieval period to the present, which will encourage you to think about the significance of texts produced in cultures which differ from your own, as well as offering new ways of thinking about contemporary Australian literature and culture. What you will learn from studying English is how to read analytically a wide range of literary and other texts, and how to write about them both critically and creatively.
There are no prerequisites for first-year subjects in English.
The prerequisite for a second/third year subject in English is usually the completion of two first-year subjects in English (25 points). Students who have done suitable alternative first-year subjects are advised to consult with the Department for permission to enrol. Exemptions may also be granted where subjects are taken as part of an approved interdepartmental program with its own entry requirements.
A Major in English Literary Studies usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:
Two first-year subjects in English (25 points), and;
Second/third-year subjects in English totalling 87.5 points. At least four of these subjects must be taken from the following list of English Literary Studies subjects. The remainder can consist of any second/third-year subjects offered in the English Department.
The prerequisites for entry to fourth year Honours in English Literary Studies are:
Completion of all the requirements for the BA, and;
Completion of a Major in English Literary Studies, and;
An average grade of H2A or higher over the second/third-year subjects within the Major.
Entry to Honours must be approved by the English Honours coordinator and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser. A departmental application form for both pure and combined Honours is included in the English Honours handbook, available from the department mid-October. Application forms are to be lodged with the department by 20 November, 1999. If the student intends enrolling in 106-400 English Honours Thesis, the application must include a 200-word thesis proposal. Prospective Honours students will be interviewed by the departmental Honours coordinator from 7-11 December. Mid-year entry applications must meet the same timetable although a mid-year interview period is provided for students ineligible to apply in December.
Honours coordinator: Stephanie Trigg
Students undertaking Pure Honours in English Literary Studies must complete:
106-400 English Honours Thesis (37.5 points), and;
Five Honours subjects in English (equivalent to 62.5 points), including 106-126 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points).
Students undertaking combined Honours in English Literary Studies and another area of study must complete:
106-400 English Honours Thesis (37.5 points), and;
Two Honours subjects in English (equivalent to 25 points), including 106-126 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points).
Three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 37.5 points).
or
Honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points), and;
Two Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 25 points), and;
Three Honours subjects in English (equivalent to 37.5 points), excluding 106-126 Research Principles and Practices
The Department of English offers a number of graduate degrees at different levels in a wide range of literary and cultural studies subjects: a Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing; a Postgraduate Diploma in English; an MA by Advanced Seminars and Shorter Thesis; an MA by Thesis; and a PhD.
A degree with a Major in English studies is an excellent and flexible preparation for careers in journalism and the media, public service, publishing, education, librarianship, information management, and many other roles, public and private, in the communications and service industries.
The Department of English
Second Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3052
Tel: +61 3 9344 5506/7/8
Web: http://www.English.unimelb.edu.au
106-001 Contemporary Culture and Media
106-002 Modern Literature
106-005 Contemporary Culture and Everyday Life
106-006 Contemporary Writing
106-007 Traditions of Shakespeare
106-010 Literature, Culture, History
106-012 Television Cultures
106-013 Beowulf
106-015 Backgrounds to English Literature
106-020 Reading Sexuality
106-021 Romanticism and Revolution 1790-1840
106-022 City Cultures: New York/L.A. Stories
106-023 Greek and Shakespearean Tragedy
106-024 Introduction to Old English
106-025 Creative Writing
106-026 Writing Fiction
106-027 Writing Scripts
106-028 Writing Poetry
106-030 Modern Drama
106-031 Modernist Fiction
106-032 Novel and Film
106-033 Postcolonial Writing
106-034 Imagining the City: Dream, Fact, Style
106-035 Popular Fiction
106-036 Postmodernism
106-037 Shakespearean Worlds
106-039 Literary Classics
106-041 Writing in the Electronic Age
106-042 Postcolonial Cultural Studies
106-043 'The Victorian Supernatural'
106-045 Aboriginal Writing
106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda
106-048 Travel Writing: Zones of the Imagination
106-049 American Liberals and Moderns
106-051 Performance in Contemporary Culture
106-052 Gothic Fictions
106-053 Chaucer and the Canon
106-054 Australian Literature
106-055 Cybercultures: Global/Local
106-056 'Character' and the Novel
106-062 Writing Non-Fictional Forms
106-063 Aboriginal Cultural Production
106-064 Contemporary Cultural Studies
106-067 Feminist Cultural Studies
106-068 Imagining Hollywood
106-400 English Honours Thesis
106-128 Cultural Studies Honours Thesis
106-072 Writing the Subject: Psychoanalysis and Other Stories
106-073 The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry
106-075 Medieval Representations
106-076 Feminist Readings
106-078 Reading Poetry: The Versatile Imagination
106-079 Romanticism and Modernity
106-080 Post-War American Fiction
106-081 Writing
106-082 Cultural Practice/Cultural Politics
106-083 Subcultural Studies
106-085 Decadence
106-087 Lesbian and Gay Theory
106-092 Theorising the Spectator
106-095 Reconciliation
106-098 Colonial/Postcolonial Visual Cultures
106-099 Literary Canons and Heritage Cultures
106-123 Latin Paleography and Codicology
106-124 Australian Literary Controversies
106-125 Diaspora Cultures
106-126 Research Principles and Practices
106-127 Contemporary Culture: Memory & Trauma
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