MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Arts Graduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
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Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Department of German Studies and Slavic Studies
Head (Slavic studies section): Dr Marko Pavlyshyn
Fields of research
The Slavic studies section conducts and supervises research in Slavic literary
and cultural studies and in Slavic linguistics. Members of the section also
have research interests in the areas of comparative literature and cultural
studies, as well as European studies.
Research in the field of literature focuses on Russian, Ukrainian and Polish
literature, as well as comparative literature and literary and cultural theory
in relation to Slavic literatures and cultures.
Linguistic research covers a wide spectrum of topics, both modern and
historical, in Slavic and general linguistics, with special emphasis on
contrastive linguistics and the morphology of contemporary Slavic languages.
Members of staff and their fields of special interest
JONATHAN E M CLARKE theory of formal grammar; problems in inflectional
morphology; history of Slavic linguistics.
MARKO PAVLYSHYN contemporary Ukrainian literature and culture; issues in
post-Soviet culture; Slavic cultures in Australia; rhetoric.
S MILLICENT VLADIV-GLOVER comparative literature in relation to Russian and
other Slavic literatures in a European context; modernism and the avant-garde;
modern Slavic drama; the Lotman-Bakhtin School of Structuralism; postmodernism
in post-Soviet Russian culture.
LILA ZARNOWSKI modern Polish and Russian literature, drama and film;
comparative literature; Polish and women's literature.
Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates are required to write a thesis on a topic approved by the section.
The research programs of PhD candidates must lead to an original contribution
to the study of language, literature or culture, and students will be
encouraged to acquire a wide range of special skills ancillary to their
subject; they will also be encouraged to engage in some teaching.
A PhD thesis is normally 60,000-90,000 words in length and is written in
English.
Master of Arts
The MA is undertaken by thesis on a topic approved by the section. All students
will be expected to report regularly to their supervisor throughout the year
and are encouraged to attend postgraduate seminars and present papers on the
subject of their research. The MA thesis is normally 40,000-60,000 words in
length and is written in English.
Entry requirements
Applicants will normally have an honours degree with a grade of H2A or above in
the relevant discipline or the equivalent.
The library
The Monash University library has a large collection of books in the
literatures and cultures of the Slavic countries (especially Russia, Ukraine
and the countries formerly comprising Yugoslavia) and in Slavic linguistics.
There is a well-established inter-library loan system.
Conferences
The Slavic section runs conferences in its disciplinary areas and encourages
its graduate students to participate in these and other appropriate
conferences. Proceedings of such conferences have frequently been avenues for
publications by graduate students.
Research abroad
The Slavic section has links to universities and other scholarly institutions
in Slavic countries and assists graduate students in making arrangements to
conduct research abroad.
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