Literature, theatre, critical and cultural studies

The Faculty of Arts teaches programs in some closely interconnected areas concerned in one way or another with the study of texts and textuality. These include cinema studies, comparative literature, critical theory, cultural studies, drama and theatre studies, English literature and fiction writing.

• Cinema studies is taught at Caulfield within the English department (with the help of the Visual Arts department) and as film studies at Clayton by the Visual Arts department (some of their courses are also available as part of sequences in comparative literature and cultural studies).
• Comparative literature, cultural studies and critical theory are taught on the Clayton and Berwick campuses. Subjects in this area are taught in part by the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, but also include subjects cross-listed from many other departments.
• Drama and theatre studies is taught at Clayton by the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies, as part of the Bachelor of Arts program and also as part of the Bachelor of Performing Arts program. A number of subjects are shared between the Department of English and the Centre for Drama and Theatre Studies.
• English literature is taught in the English department on the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula campuses. Under the heading `English literature' are included subjects looking at American literature, children's literature, Middle and Old English, publishing, women's writing, and others.
• Fiction writing is taught only at the Peninsula campus in the Department of English and will be offered next in 1998.

In many cases more than one of these programs can be taken together (eg a double major in English and drama and theatre studies is a possible and useful combination), but the faculty does limit the overall number of closely related subjects that may be legitimately combined in one degree.

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