italian-studies/pg-arts-italian-studies

aos

18 September 2017 03 July 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Area of study

Students who commenced study in 2014 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.

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Managing facultyFaculty of Arts
Offered bySchool of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Campus(es)Clayton

Notes

  • Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Description

Italian studies focus on the study of Italian literature, history, language and linguistics, Renaissance culture and literature, women's studies, cinema studies, and social and linguistic issues connected with Italian migration to Australia.

Italian studies staff can provide supervision of research candidates in the areas of:

  • 19th and 20th-century Italian literature
  • Italian women's studies
  • Italian theatre and cinema studies
  • Italian migration studies
  • Renaissance culture and literature.

Units

2846 Master of Arts by Research and Coursework

The entry below only details the coursework component of this degree. For all requirements including the research/thesis component refer to the full course entry.

This program will enable students to focus their studies around a research thesis in Italian studies. The coursework component is designed to encourage the theoretical issues and practical application relating to Italian studies to broaden and deepen the students understanding of this discipline, thereby providing a fuller appreciation of the context in which the research project will be conceptualised.

Units

Students complete 24 points at fifth year level from:

  • APG5250 Italian encounters: Translation, literature and cultural identity
  • APG5649 Global modernities: Experiences of modernity
  • APG5652 Managing intercultural communication
  • APG5688 Directed reading in translation studies
  • APG5874 Technology and translation
  • APG5876 Theoretical issues in literary and cultural translation
  • APG5877 Research project in translation/interpreting studies
  • APG5878 Dissertation in translation/interpreting

Students may also take other fifth-year units in cognate areas with the approval of the course coordinator, e.g. linguisticslinguistics (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/aos/linguistics/pg-arts-linguistics.html), or Europeanand European Union studiesEuropeanand European Union studies (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2014handbooks/aos/european-and-european-union-studies/).

Course coordinator: Dr Simon West

Further courses

For a list of units in this area of study refer to the requirements for courses listed under 'Relevant courses'.

Relevant courses

  • 2695 Master of Arts*
  • 2846 Master of Arts by research and coursework
  • 0020 Doctor of Philosophy*

* By research.