Faculty of Arts

 English

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Subject Lists
    First Year subjects
    Media and Communications First Year subjects
    Second/Third Year subjects
    Fourth Year Honours subjects
    Subjects not offered in 2000
        First Year subjects not offered in 2000
        Second/Third Year subjects not offered in 2000
        Fourth Year subjects not offered in 2000

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.

 1. Prerequisites

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), not including 100-101 Professional Writing and 100-100 Introduction to Media and Communications. 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.

 2. Requirements for a Major in English Literary Studies

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), not including 100-101 Professional Writing and 100-100 Introduction to Media and Communications 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.

English Literary Studies subjects (Second/Third Year)
	106-013 Beowulf	2
	106-015 Backgrounds to English Literature	2
	106-019 Blake	2
	106-023 Greek and Shakespearean Tragedy	Not Offered
	106-024 Introduction to Old English A	1
	106-029 Introduction to Old English B	2
	106-031 Modernist Fiction	1
	106-032 Novel and Film	2
	106-033 Postcolonial Writing	1
	106-034 Imagining the City: Dream, Fact, Style	2
	106-035 Popular Fiction	1
	106-036 Postmodernism	2
	106-037 Shakespearean Worlds	1
	106-038 Medievalism in Contemporary Culture	2
	106-039 Literary Classics	2
	106-043 The Victorian Supernatural	1
	106-045 Aboriginal Writing	Not Offered
	106-046 Romanticism/Primitivism/Nationalism	1
	106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda	2
	106-048 Travel Writing: Zones of the Imagination	1
	106-049 American Liberals and Moderns	Not Offered
	106-050 Australian Authorship	2
	106-052 Gothic Fictions	1
	106-053 Chaucer and the Canon	Not Offered
	106-056 Character and the Novel	2
	106-058 Sex, Sentiment & the 18th Century Novel	Not Offered
	106-060 Decadence	1
	106-061 American Voices	1
	106-077 Poetry in the Making	2

 3. Honours entry

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 H2B 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. If the student intends enrolling in an English Honours Thesis the application must include a 200 word thesis proposal. Prospective Honours students will be interviewed by the departmental Honours coordinator from 6-10 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.

 4. Honours requirements

Honours coordinator: Annamarie Jagose

 4.1. Pure Honours

Students undertaking pure Honours in English Literary Studies must complete:

• 106-400 English Honours Thesis (37.5 points) or

• 106-070 English Honours Thesis (MYE) and;

• five Honours subjects in English (totalling 62.5 points) including 106-126 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points).

 4.2. Combined Honours

Students undertaking combined Honours in English Literary Studies and another area of study must complete:

• 106-400 English Honours Thesis (37.5 points) or

• 106-070 English Honours Thesis (MYE) and;

• two Honours subjects in English (totalling 25 points), including 106-126 Research Principles and Practices (12.5 points).

• three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 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 (totalling 25 points) and;

• three Honours subjects in English (totalling 37.5 points), excluding 106-126 Research Principles and Practices.

Honours subjects
	106-059 Contemporary Historical Fictions	1
	106-066 Reading Suburbia in Post-War Australia	2
	106-069 Urban Entertainments 1700-1800	2
	106-071 Cultural Policy Studies	2
	106-072 Reading the Subject: Freud/Lacan/Fiction	1
	106-073 The Exeter Anthology	1
	106-074 Modernism, Fascism, Communism	Not Offered
	106-075 Medieval Representations	2
	106-076 Feminist Readings	Not Offered
	106-078 Poetry: The Versatile Imagination	1
	106-079 Romanticism and Modernity	2
	106-080 Post-War American Fiction	2
	106-081 Writing	Not Offered
	106-082 Cultural Practice/Cultural Politics	Not Offered
	106-083 Subcultural Studies	1
	106-087 Lesbian and Gay Theory	Not Offered
	106-088 Body Cultures	1
	106-089 Global Culture: History and Theory	1
	106-092 Theorising the Spectator	2
	106-093 Contested Sites	2
	106-095 Reconciliation	1
	106-098 Colonial/Postcolonial Visual Cultures	Not Offered
	106-122 Colonial Fiction and Travel Writing	2
	106-124 Australian Literary Controversies	Not Offered
	106-125 Diaspora Cultures	1
	106-126 Research Principles and Practices	1, repeat 2
	106-127 Contemporary Culture: Memory and Trauma	Not Offered

 5. Further study

The Department of English offers a number of graduate degrees at different levels in a wide range of literary studies subjects: Graduate Diplomas in English Literary Studies; a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (English); an MA by Advanced Seminars and Shorter Thesis; an MA by Thesis; and a PhD.

 6. Career opportunities

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.

 7. Requirements for a Major in Creative Writing

Note: All students intending to complete a Major in Creative Writing must consult the Department of English for full application and selection procedures.

A Major in Creative Writing usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• at least two First Year subjects in English (25 points), one of which must be 106-086 Creative Writing 1: Autofictions and;

• Second/Third Year subjects in English (totalling 87.5 points). At least four of these subjects must be taken from the list of approved Creative Writing subjects and must include the core subject 106-025 Creative Writing 2: Across the Genres. The remainder can consist of any Second/Third Year subjects offered in the English Department.

Creative Writing subjects (Second/Third Year)
	106-025 Creative Writing 2: Across the Genres	1, repeat 2
	106-026 Writing Fiction	2
	106-027 Writing Scripts	Not Offered
	106-028 Writing Poetry	1
	106-041 Writing in the Electronic Age	Not Offered
	106-062 Writing Non-Fictional Forms	Not Offered
	106-090 Editing	2
	106-091 Writing for Performance	1

 7.1. Prerequisites

For 2000, students enrolling in Second and Third Year Creative Writing subjects will normally have passed two First Year English subjects.

From 2001, students enrolling in Second and Third Year Creative writing subjects will normally have passed 106-086 Creative Writing 1: Autofictions plus at least one other First Year English subject.

 7.2. Quotas

In 2000, all Second and Third Year Creative Writing subjects will have quotas. Selection into these subjects will be based on a folio of written work. Students wishing to complete a Major in Creative Writing will be given priority in the selection process.

From 2001, all Second and Third Year Creative Writing subjects will remain subject to quotas. Selection of students will normally be based on order of merit in 106-086 Creative Writing 1: Autofictions. All other students wishing to undertake Second or Third Year Creative Writing subjects must consult the Department of English for application procedures.

 7.3. Further Study

While there is no Honours program in Creative Writing, students doing Honours in Literary Studies can specialise in Creative Writing for their Honours thesis. The Department of English also offers a number of graduate degrees at different levels in which students can study Creative Writing: a Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing; the Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (English); an MA by Advanced Seminars and Shorter Thesis; and an MA by Thesis.

 7.4. Career opportunities

In addition to developing students' own writing skills and publication opportunities, a degree with a Major in Creative Writing is an excellent basis for careers in publishing, editing and teaching, as well as other areas of professional writing such as journalism.

 7.5. For more information

The Department of English
Second Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 9344 5506/7/8
Web: http://www.english.unimelb.edu.au

First Year subjects

106-001 Contemporary Culture and Media
106-002 Modern Literature
106-005 Contemporary Culture and Everyday Life
106-007 Traditions of Shakespeare
106-010 Literature, Culture, History
106-086 Creative Writing 1: Autofictions

Media and Communications First Year subjects

100-100 Introduction to Media and Communications
100-101 Professional Writing

Second/Third Year subjects

106-012 Television Cultures
106-013 Beowulf
106-015 Backgrounds to English Literature
106-019 Blake
106-020 Reading Sexuality
106-024 Introduction to Old English A
106-025 Creative Writing 2: Across the Genres
106-026 Writing Fiction
106-028 Writing Poetry
106-029 Introduction to Old English B
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
106-038 Medievalism in Contemporary Culture
106-039 Literary Classics
106-042 Postcolonial Cultural Studies
106-043 The Victorian Supernatural
106-046 Romanticism/Primitivism/Nationalism
106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda
106-048 Travel Writing: Zones of the Imagination
106-050 Australian Authorship
106-052 Gothic Fictions
106-056 Character and the Novel
106-057 From Rock to Rave: Cultural Formations
106-060 Decadence
106-061 American Voices
106-063 Aboriginal Cultural Studies
106-064 Contemporary Cultural Studies
106-067 Feminist Cultural Studies
106-077 Poetry in the Making
106-090 Editing
106-091 Writing for Performance

Fourth Year Honours subjects

106-400 English Honours Thesis
106-070 English Honours Thesis (MYE)
106-059 Contemporary Historical Fictions
106-066 Reading Suburbia in Post-War Australia
106-069 Urban Entertainments 1700-1800
106-071 Cultural Policy Studies
106-072 Reading the Subject: Freud/Lacan/Fiction
106-073 The Exeter Anthology
106-075 Medieval Representations
106-078 Poetry: The Versatile Imagination
106-079 Romanticism and Modernity
106-080 Post-War American Fiction
106-083 Subcultural Studies
106-088 Body Cultures
106-089 Global Culture: History and Theory
106-092 Theorising the Spectator
106-093 Contested Sites
106-095 Reconciliation
106-122 Colonial Fiction and Travel Writing
106-125 Diaspora Cultures
106-126 Research Principles and Practices

Subjects not offered in 2000

First Year subjects not offered in 2000

Second/Third Year subjects not offered in 2000

Fourth Year subjects not offered in 2000

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