English
First year
In first year students may complete the minimum twelve points required to proceed to a minor or major sequence by taking one of the following sequences of subjects:
* ENH1010 (Introduction to English literature) in first semester followed in second semester by any one of ENH1040 (The languages of fiction), ENH1050 (Configurations of the female: revising the myths), ENH1070 (Primitivism and progress), or ENH1090 (The reader in history)
* ENH1111/CLS1010 (Text and context I) in first semester followed in second semester by ENH1122/CLS1020 (Text and context II)
* ENH1060/DTS1060 (The language of performance) in first semester followed in second semester by ENH1160/DTS1160 (The place of performance)
In addition, with the permission of the head of department, students who have completed ENH1111/CLS1010 (Text and context I) or ENH1060/DTS1060 (The language of performance) may proceed in second semester to one of ENH1040 (The languages of fiction), ENH1050 (Configurations of the female: revising the myths), ENH1070 (Primitivism and progress), or ENH1090 (The reader in history).
Students intending to proceed to a minor or major sequence in comparative literature and cultural studies (CLS) or drama and theatre studies (DTS) in addition to English literature (ENH) must complete first-year sequences in both their chosen disciplines.
Up to twelve additional points may be taken at first-year level. Such additional points may be taken in the later years of the degree, provided that the total number of points gained in first-year level English subjects does not exceed twenty-four and that the total number of points in English at all levels does not exceed ninety-two.
Minor sequence
A minor sequence in English consists of at least one first-year combination of subjects as listed above, followed by two second-year subjects.
Major sequence
A major sequence in English consists of a minor sequence as outlined above followed by sixteen points of work at third-year level plus a further eight points of study at the second or third-year levels.
It is expected that students intending to major in English should choose subjects which will provide them with an understanding of contemporary and historical modes of literary and critical theory, a familiarity with a range of literary genres across a broad historical and cultural spectrum, and an understanding of the nature and construction of the discipline, including its historical and contemporary forms.
Majoring students must include at least one earlier and one later-period subject (designated a and b in the lists below under second and third-year levels).
An information session and consultation with staff will be available before second/third-year enrolment to help students make their choice of subjects.
First-year level
For the structure of first-year courses, see under `First year' above.
Second and third-year levels
With the exception of Old and Middle English subjects, any subject may be taken at either second or third-year level. Students intending to take subjects in Old or Middle English are reminded that ENH2020/3020 is the prerequisite or corequisite for both ENH2170/3170 and ENH2190/3190, that the prerequisite for ENH3370 is ENH2170/3170, and that the prerequisite for ENH3390 is ENH2190/3190. Except for ENH3370 and ENH3390, no third-year English subject has a specific prerequisite.
In all cases assignments will be set and assessed at the appropriate year level.
First-semester subjects
The following subjects will be offered in the first semester:
* a ENH2020/3020 Heroes, lovers and monsters: the literary culture of medieval England
* a ENH2040/3040 Property and power: British culture 1745-1799
* b ENH2060/3060 Introduction to critical and literary theory
* a ENH2090/3090 Literary women of the 18th century (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* a ENH2110/3110 Renaissance literature: power and love
* a ENH2170/3170 Old English
* b ENH2270/3270 Modern drama
* b ENH2310/3310 Romantic literature
* b ENH2410/3410 American literature from puritanism to postmodernism
* b ENH2530/3530 Contemporary English literature
* b ENH2570/3570 Writing women
* a ENH2630/3630 Shakespeare: text and performance
* b ENH2690/3690 Authority and identity in Australian literature
* b ENH2710/3710 Orientations: Representations of Asia
* b ENH2770/3770 Short fiction: classic and contemporary
* b ENH2990/3990 Formative influences: myths, legends and fairytales in modern children's fantasy (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* a ENH3390 Middle English literature
Second-semester subjects
The following subjects will be offered in the second semester:
* b ENH2100/3100 Postcolonial drama
* a ENH2130/3130 Literature and opposition, 1660-1800
* b ENH2150/3150 Australian urban fictions
* b ENH2160/3160 Freudian fable
* a ENH2190/3190 Middle English
* a ENH2210/3210 The woman's part
* b ENH2290/3290 Publishing in Australia (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* b ENH2320/3320 Body, space, text: an introduction to the semiotics of performance (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* b ENH2330/3330 Victorian literature
* b ENH2430/3430 Modern American literature: writing the South
* b ENH2450/3450 Contemporary drama
* b ENH2470/3470 Modern English literature: modernism and postmodernism (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* b ENH2550/3550 Romanticism and revolution
* b ENH2560/3560 Literature as discourse
* b ENH2650/3650 Poetry: text and performance (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* a ENH2730/3730 Donne and metaphysical poetry: the art of passion
* b ENH2750/3750 Contemporary women's fiction and theory
* b ENH2775/3775 Psychology and literature
* b ENH2800/3800 Postcolonial literature and theory
* b ENH2991/3991 Children's literature: a comparative study
* b ENH2995/3995 Writing in theory and practice: an introduction
* a ENH3370 Old English literature
The attention of students entering second year is drawn to the information set out under Courses concerning the requirements for minor and major sequences.
Students who intend to major in English should note that their choice of later-year subjects must include at least one earlier-period subject and at least one later-period subject (marked respectively a and b in the lists above).
Related subjects
* American literature: ENH2410/3410, ENH2430/3430
* Australian literature: ENH2150/3150, ENH2690/3690
* Children's literature: ENH2990/3990, ENH2991/3991
* Critical theory and discourse analysis: CLS3370/ENH3540, RLT3090/ENH3080, ENH1040, ENH2060/3060, ENH2560/3560, ENH2650/3650, ENH2750/3750, ENH2995/3995, ENH2775/3775, ENH2160/3160
* Drama: ENH1060, ENH2210/3210, ENH2270/3270, ENH2320/3320, ENH2450/3450, ENH2630/3630, ENH2100/3100
* Middle English: ENH2020/3020, ENH2190/3190, ENH3390
* Old English: ENH2020/3020, ENH2170/3170, ENH3370
* Poetry: ENH1050, ENH2110/3110, ENH2170/3170, ENH2190/3190, ENH2310/3310, ENH2650/3650
* Postcolonial literature and theory: ENH1070, ENH2100/3100, ENH2710/3710, ENH2800/3800
* Renaissance literature: ENH2110/3110, ENH2210/3210, ENH2630/3630, ENH2730/3730
* Restoration and eighteenth century literature: ENH2040/3040, ENH2090/3090, ENH2130/3130, ENH2250/3250
* Women's writing and representation of women: ENH1050, ENH2090/3090, ENH2210/3210, ENH2570/3570, ENH2750/3750, WMN2260/3260
Any of the subjects in these lists may be taken singly or in other combinations.
Some of the above subjects may not be offered in 1995.
Only one of the subjects other than English among those listed above may be included in the English major.
Honours
Students contemplating honours in English are reminded of the recommendations for a major sequence in English set down under Courses above.
In addition students are strongly recommended to include in their course structure at least one subject from each of the following two groups of subjects:
Group one
* a ENH2110/3110 Renaissance literature: power and love
* a ENH2130/3130 Literature and opposition, 1660-1800
* a ENH2170/3170 Old English
* a ENH2190/3190 Middle English
Group two
* b ENH2310/3310 Romantic literature
* b ENH2330/3330 Victorian literature
* b ENH2570/3570 Writing women
Students intending to include Old and/or Middle English courses in their honours year, should note that ENH3370 (Old English literature) is a prerequisite for ENH4780 (Beowulf and Old English poetry), and that ENH3390 (Middle English literature) is a prerequisite for ENH4800 (Middle English literature).
Second-year level
Prerequisite: A prescribed combination of first-year subjects comprising twelve points.
Third-year level
Prerequisite: A combination of second-year subjects comprising sixteen points. In addition students enrolling for ENH3370 (Old English literature) must have completed ENH2170/3170, and students enrolling for ENH3390 (Middle English) must have completed ENH2190/3190 unless exempted by the head of the department.
The attention of students entering third year is drawn to the information set out under Courses and under Second and third-year levels presenting the requirements for the major sequence and lists of subjects taught in each semester.
Students doing a major in English may include one of the following subjects in their degree:
* CLS2510/3510/ENH2510/3510 Wit and humour in literature, film and cartoon
* CLS3370/ENH3950 Literature and society
* WMN2260/ENH3260 Sexing the text
Fourth-year level
Candidates for honours in the fourth year in 1995 take ENH4600 (Minor thesis) and either ENH4620 (Literary theory) twelve points or ENH4640 (The life of the text: genesis, production, reception) twelve points, together with two optional subjects. The selection of optional subjects must be approved by the head of the department.
Students will be required to attend a short methodology course and a weekly staff-student seminar over part of the year, at which progress reports on minor theses are presented and discussed.
Optional subjects
The following optional subjects will be offered if there are sufficient enrolments in them, and if staff are available to teach them.
First semester
* ENH4100/DTS4190 Postcolonial drama (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4180 Writing women (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4210 Writing the child (12 points)
* ENH4310 Theories of discourse: poststructuralism, feminism, and sociolinguistics (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH/DTS4320 Social semiotics of rehearsal and performance (12 points)
* ENH4660 Literature and culture in Renaissance England (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4740 The age of Johnson (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4760 Visions and revisions: reworkings (12 points)
* ENH4800 Middle English literature (12 points)
* ENH4860 Modern poetry: high modernism to postmodernism (12 points)
* ENH4880 American literature: literary multiculturalism (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4920 Literature and negativity (12 points)
* ENH4940 Literature into film (12 points) (Clayton)
Second semester
* ENH4030 Poetics (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4080/RLT4090 The authority of the text (12 points)
* ENH4190 Legal fictions: intersections between law and literature (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4270 Feminist poetics (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4340 Australian autobiography (12 points)
* ENH4370 Contemporary Australian poetry and fiction
* CLS4380/ENH4540 Literature and Society
* ENH4580 Ireland, Swift, England: special author course (12 points) (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* ENH4680 Rural England from Wordsworth to Lawrence (12 points)
* ENH4700 Drama of the Age of Shakespeare (12 points)
* ENH4780 Beowulf and Old English poetry (12 points)
* ENH4820 Twentieth century Australian drama (12 points)
* ENH4950 Contemporary women's fiction and theory (12 points)