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Director:
Dr Christopher Worth
Graduate coordinator: Associate Professor Andrew Milner
The centre is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary teaching unit,
maintained by the Faculty of Arts, with responsibility for teaching and
research in three main areas of work: comparative literature, cultural studies
and critical theory.
Comparative literature investigates literature in ways which go beyond
particular national or linguistic boundaries. Comparative literary studies are
of two main kinds: substantive studies of the literature of two or more
languages or literary cultures; and generalising studies of the literary
process itself, for example literary history, the sociology of literature,
philosophy and literature.
Cultural studies looks at cultural texts, spaces and practices,
including texts that are not normally included in the canon of high literature
(the texts of popular fiction, television or cinema, for example), and studies
these in relation to the various social, historical and ideological contexts in
which cultures manifest themselves.
Critical theory is a term which has come to signify a number of
contemporary approaches to textual and cultural criticism, for example,
hermeneutics, structuralism, semiotics, poststructuralism, theories of
ideology, psychoanalytic theory, and so on. Such theories have also been
central to, for instance, recent work in anthropology, English, feminism,
performance studies, philosophy and film studies.
The centre has its own staff but also draws on the expertise of other
departments to offer teaching and supervision in these interdisciplinary areas.
The range of topics and fields of interest currently available for study in the
centre is indicated below in the list of staff participating in the centre and
in the available MA subjects. Amongst the topics in which the centre has
particularly strong research interests and groups of postgraduates are the
following: AIDS studies; cultural studies and cultural theory; deconstruction;
feminist critical theory; hermeneutics; literature and philosophy;
poststructuralism; poststructuralist literary theory; psychoanalytical theory;
science fiction and theories of cyber culture.
At the graduate level the centre provides supervision for PhD and MA degrees by
research and by research and coursework. Courses may be taken full or
part-time.
Prospective graduate students whose research interests are within the three
general areas described above are invited to address their preliminary
inquiries to the graduate coordinator of the centre.
MICHAEL
ACKLAND Romanticism (English).
PHILIP ANDERSON Semiotics, structuralism (Romance Languages, French).
PAVLOS ANDRONIKOS Reception theory, modern Greek literature, film studies
(Classics and Archaeology).
CLAIRE COLEBROOK Romanticism, poststructuralism, feminist theory,
twentieth-century literature.
GLORIA DAVIES Chinese literature (Asian Languages and Studies).
KAREN GREEN Poststructuralism, deconstruction (Philosophy).
DAVID HANAN Film studies (Visual Arts).
KEVIN HART Literature and philosophy, French philosophy, poetics.
BARBARA HATLEY Indonesian literature (Asian Languages and Studies).
MICHAEL JANOVER Modernism, culture and politics (Politics).
AMANDA MACDONALD Semiotics, Barthes, cultural studies, graphic novels (Romance
Languages, French).
DON MILLER Poststructuralism, postcolonialism, Bourdieu (Anthropology and
Sociology).
ANDREW MILNER Cultural studies, science fiction, political writing, cultural
materialism.
LEONIE NAUGHTON Film studies (Visual Arts).
BRIAN NELSON Naturalism (Romance Languages, French).
PAULINE NESTOR Feminist literary theory, women writers (English)
KATE RIGBY Modernism and postmodernism, ecofeminism (German Studies).
DAVID ROBERTS Modernism, Marxist critical theory (German Studies).
PHILIP THOMSON Poststructuralism, the grotesque (German Studies).
WALTER VEIT Hermeneutics, comparative literary theory (German Studies).
CONSTANTINE VEREVIS Cultural studies, film and television studies (Visual
Arts).
MILLICENT VLADIV-GLOVER Modernism, structuralism and semiotics (Slavic
Studies).
DEANE WILLIAMS Cultural studies, film and television studies (Visual Arts).
CHRIS WORTH Narrative studies, poststructuralist literary theory, literature
and the visual arts, Bakhtin and cultural studies.
Course code: 0020
The degree of Doctor of Philosophy may be taken by research only or by research and coursework. The PhD by research only is taken by submission of a 80,000 to 90,000-word thesis on a topic approved by the director of the centre. The PhD by research and coursework normally consists of three eight-point coursework subjects and a 60,000 to 75,000-word research thesis on a topic approved by the director of the centre. Students intending to carry out research in comparative literature are normally expected to read literary texts in the original language. The centre welcomes applications from students with good linguistic abilities. All subjects for this course are taught by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies or are taught by other departments and made available to students under a centre subject code. Centre subjects are offered subject to sufficient student numbers. Students enrolled for a PhD will be subject to a probationary period. PhD students are expected to participate in the centre's research seminars.
Candidates for admission to the PhD should normally hold a first class or second class division A honours degree or MA in an appropriate discipline or a first class or second class division A MQual.
The degree will consist of a research thesis plus a selection of three eight-point subjects from the following:
Course code: 0017
The MA degree may be taken by research only or by research and coursework. The MA by research only is taken by the submission of a 50,000 to 60,000 word thesis on a topic approved by the director of the centre. The MA in critical theory by research and coursework consists of two eight-point coursework subjects and a 25,000 to 35,000-word thesis on a topic approved by the director of the centre. The centre welcomes applications from students with good linguistic abilities. All subjects are offered subject to sufficient student numbers. The MA by research will normally be completed in two years of full-time study or four years of part-time study. The MA by research and coursework will normally be completed in one year of full-time study or two years of part-time study. All MA students are expected to participate in the centre's research seminars.
The
Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies aims to provide an
environment in which students can develop their own research interests.
On completing this course students should be able to show their acquaintance
with extensive readings in their field; to demonstrate that they can originate
and pursue independent research; to discuss effectively and defend
appropriately their ideas, both orally and in writing; to display a wide
understanding of academic, self-reflexive and intellectual processes; and
should have completed in their thesis a significant and original contribution
to knowledge in the area in which they are working.
Candidates for admission to the MA should normally hold a first class or second class division A honours degree or a first class or second class division A MQual.
The MA by research and coursework will consist of a thesis plus a selection of two eight-point subjects from the following:
Program
code: 1988
Program fee: Local students HECS; international students $A12,000 pa
Subjects for this program are taught by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies or are taught by other departments and made available to students under a centre subject code. All subjects are offered subject to sufficient student numbers. The program will normally be completed in one year of full-time study or two years of part-time study. MQual students are encouraged to participate in the centre's research seminars.
The
Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies aims to provide an
environment in which students can develop their own research interests.
On completing this program students should be able to show their acquaintance
with wide reading in their field; to demonstrate that they can originate and
pursue research; to discuss effectively and defend appropriately their ideas,
both orally and in writing; to display an understanding of academic,
self-reflexive and intellectual processes; and should have completed in their
thesis an original contribution to knowledge in the area in which they are
working.
Candidates for admission to the MQual in critical theory should normally hold a bachelors degree with a distinction average grade in the third part of a major sequence.
The
MQual in critical theory consists of CRT4000 (Critical and literary theory),
CRT4080 (Research project) and two twelve-point coursework subjects. Students
intending to carry out research in comparative literature are normally expected
to read literary texts in the original language.
The MQual will consist of two core subjects:
and a further selection of two twelve-point subjects including at least one of:
and not more than one of:
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