English Literary Studies Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1019 (2009)

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Year and Campus:	2009

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Discipline chair: Professor Ken Gelder

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Overview:	A major in English literary studies usually consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points. It comprises: one first-year subject in English (12.5 points); and seven second/third-year subjects in English (87.5 points). At least four of these subjects must be taken from the following list of English Literary Studies subjects. The remainder (a maximum of three subjects) can consist of subjects that are core to the cultural studies program and creative writing program. Students who commenced their degree before 2007 will need to complete 112.5 points toward this major in order to complete the major. For the specific major structure you must follow, refer to the handbook produced in the year you commenced your degree, available online at http://www.unimelb.edu.au/HB/.
Objectives:	See course objectives.
Subject Options:	First Year Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 106-102 Modern and Contemporary Literature Semester 1 12.50 106-109 Literature and Performance Semester 2 12.50 Second/Third Year subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 106-033 Colonial and Postcolonial Writing Semester 1 12.50 670-321 Colonial and Postcolonial Writing Semester 1 12.50 106-046 Wild Writing: The Australian Imaginary Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-326 Wild Writing: The Australian Imaginary Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-045 Aboriginal Writing Semester 2 12.50 670-325 Aboriginal Writing Semester 2 12.50 106-228 American Classics Semester 2 12.50 673-343 American Classics Semester 2 12.50 106-035 Genre Fiction/Popular Fiction Semester 2 12.50 670-322 Genre Fiction/Popular Fiction Semester 2 12.50 106-052 Gothic Fictions Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-328 Gothic Fictions Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-229 Travel Writing and Travel Texts Semester 2 12.50 673-344 Travel Writing and Travel Texts Semester 2 12.50 106-239 The Novel & the Invention of the Modern Not offered in 2009 12.50 673-350 The Novel & the Invention of the Modern Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-240 Introduction to Theory Semester 2 12.50 673-351 Introduction to Theory Semester 2 12.50 106-036 Postmodernism Semester 1 12.50 670-323 Postmodernism Semester 1 12.50 106-047 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda Semester 2 12.50 670-327 Art/Pornography/Blasphemy/Propaganda Semester 2 12.50 106-219 Literature, Cyberspace & Virtual Reality Not offered in 2009 12.50 673-341 Literature, Cyberspace & Virtual Reality Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-227 Modernism and Avant Garde Not offered in 2009 12.50 673-342 Modernism and Avant Garde Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-060 Decadent Literature Semester 1 12.50 670-332 Decadent Literature Semester 1 12.50 106-058 Scandal, Sex and Sentiment Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-331 Scandal, Sex and Sentiment Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-214 The Enlightenment and its Others Semester 1 12.50 670-338 The Enlightenment and its Others Semester 1 12.50 106-216 Victorian Crime Writing Semester 1 12.50 670-339 Victorian Crime Writing Semester 1 12.50 106-218 Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution Semester 2 12.50 670-340 Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution Semester 2 12.50 106-230 Reverberations of Terror: 1789-1900 Semester 2 12.50 673-345 Reverberations of Terror: 1789-1900 Semester 2 12.50 106-013 Beowulf Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-015 Backgrounds to English Literature Semester 1 12.50 670-317 Backgrounds to English Literature Semester 1 12.50 106-024 Introduction to Old English A Semester 1 12.50 670-319 Introduction to Old English A Semester 1 12.50 106-029 Introduction to Old English B Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-320 Introduction to Old English B Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-038 Medievalism in Contemporary Culture Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-324 Medievalism in Contemporary Culture Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-053 Chaucer and the Birth of the Author Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-329 Chaucer and the Birth of the Author Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-210 Romance and Melancholia Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-336 Romance and Melancholia Not offered in 2009 12.50 106-213 Art, Ideology and Doctrine, 400-1000 Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-337 Art, Ideology and Doctrine, 400-1000 Not offered in 2009 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor Laws Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Arts (Combined Theology) Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Teaching Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Computer) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical &Manufacturing) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Software) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Geomatic Engineering and Bachelor of Arts

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