English

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D22-AA-SPC+1014 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Dr Anne Maxwell (Semester 1)

Email: emaxwell@unimelb.edu.au

Dr Denise Varney (Semester 2)

Email: dvarney@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Email: arts-gradstudies@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

English is the study of imaginative writing and dramatic performance. It focuses on their forms and traditions, and on the myriad ways they engage with the everyday world. The program offers subjects in a wide range of fields, from the Medieval to Romanticism, Modernism, Postmodernism, and beyond. This includes English, Australian, American and postcolonial writing and theatre; European, Classical, and literary, cultural and performance theory. English at Melbourne University is recognised nationally and internationally for its innovative teaching, scholarship and research.
Objectives: Students who complete the specialisation should have acquired the following skills and competencies:
  • an introductory knowledge of the main periods and trends in English and/English and Theatre studies;
  • an introductory knowledge of key critical methods in English and/English and Theatre studies;
  • general skills in the analysis of literary and/or dramatic texts, genres, histories, cultures and performances;
  • general skills in research, writing, and thinking critically about creative texts and performances.
Structure & Available Subjects: A specialisation in English in the Graduate Diploma of Arts consists of:


Level 1

  • one level 1 English subject (12.5 points)

Level 2

  • 37.5 points of level 2 English subejcts

Level 3

  • The compulsory subject Critical Debates(12.5 points)
  • and 37.5 points of level 3 English subejcts

Total 100 points
Subject Options:

English level 1 subjects

12.5 points
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

English: level 2 Subjects

37.5 points
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Semester 2
12.50

English: level 3 Compulsory Subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50

English: level 3 Subjects

37.5 points
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Graduate Diploma in Arts

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