Honours - Area of study Literary studies

Students who commenced study in 2015 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirements; 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 faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered by	School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
Campus(es)	Clayton
Coordinator	Dr Patrick Spedding

Notes

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

Description

Honours studies in this area will advance students' knowledge and competencies in the discipline of literary studies.

Students are required to complete 48 points of study comprising a thesis, a compulsory coursework unit and one elective coursework unit. The coursework units and the thesis topic are chosen in consultation with the literary studies honours coordinator.

Units

Thesis

Students complete one of the following options:

ATS4230 Arts honours thesis (24 points)
ATS4231 Arts honours thesis A (12 points) and ATS4232 Arts honours thesis B (12 points)

Coursework units

Students must complete:

ATS4653 Honours workshop

plus one of the following units:

ATS4137 Special reading unit 1 (Honours)
ATS4265 Poetics
ATS4274 Literature and aesthetics
ATS4275 Drama of the age of Shakespeare
ATS4276 Exotic erotic other: World writing in English
12 points at fourth-year level from another discipline and/or institution with the permission of the literary studies honours coordinator

Intending honours students

Intending honours students are encouraged to consult as early as possible with the literary studies honours coordinator in planning their major. Students should choose units providing them with:

an understanding of the nature and construction of the discipline, including its historical and contemporary forms
a familiarity with a range of literary genres across a broad historical and cultural spectrum
an understanding of contemporary and historical modes of literary and critical theory

In particular, intending honours students who wish to undertake a creative writing thesis are strongly encouraged to complete the following units in their major:

ATS2508 Introduction to poetry writing
ATS2517 Introduction to fiction writing
ATS3509 Advanced poetry writing
ATS3518 Advanced fiction writing

Contact details

Visit http://future.arts.monash.edu/contact-arts/

Relevant courses

0003 Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts