English and Theatre Studies (B-ARTS_MAJOR_12)

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Overview

English and Theatre Studies is a combined program and students can specialise in either areas. It offers studies in imaginative writing and dramatic performance, focusing on their form, content, traditions and practices, and on the myriad ways they engage with the everyday world. The program offers subjects in a wide range of areas, from the Medieval and Early Modern to Romanticism, Modernism, and contemporary literature and performance. This includes British, Australian, American and postcolonial writing and theatre, and literary, cultural and performance theory. English and Theatre Studies at the University of Melbourne is recognised nationally and internationally for its innovative teaching, scholarship and research.

Intended learning outcomes

Students who complete this major will:

develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of the main historical periods and traditions in English literature and/English and Theatre studies;
acquire critical and analytical skills and methods in the analysis of literary and/or dramatic texts, genres, histories, cultures and performances;
understand and be able to articulate the relationship between diverse forms of literature and theatre and the social, historical and cultural contexts that produced them;
communicate effectively in written and oral formats an understanding of English literature and theatre and its contexts;
be equipped to act as critically informed participants within a community of literature and theatre scholars;
appreciate the value of an international approach to the study of literature and theatre, and the relevance of literary and theatre studies skills, practices and understandings to a broad range of professional contexts.

Last updated: 18 December 2020

Structure

100 credit points

MAJOR

The BA major in English and Theatre Studies consists of eight 12.5-point subjects:

Level 1

Two subjects / 25 points

one level 1 English and Theatre Studies subject and
one Arts Foundation Subject (this can count towards major credit points for a single major) or
one additional level 1 English and Theatre Studies subject (for a double major). See Arts Foundation Structure page for further information.

Level 2

Three subjects / 37.5 points

Three level 2 English and Theatre subjects

Level 3

Three subjects / 37.5 points

Compulsory capstone subject ENGL30002 Critical Debates
and two level 3 English and Theatre subjects

Total 100 points

Note: Level 1 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to level 2 subjects; level 2 subjects must be successfully completed before progressing to level 3 subjects. Only students completing a major in English and Theatre Studies can enrol in the capstone subject.
Refer to the Bachelor of Arts Handbook page for further information.

MINOR

The BA minor in English and Theatre Studies consists of six 12.5-point subjects, totalling 75 points and comprising:

Level 1 (25 points)

one Level 1 English and Theatre subject (12.5 points)
one Arts Foundation Subject (12.5 points)

Level 2

25 points of level 2 English and Theatre subjects

Level 3

25 points of level 3 English and Theatre subjects

Total 75 points

The capstone subject is not available to students completing the minor or as breadth.

Subject Options

English and Theatre Level 1 subjects:

12.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL10002	Literature and Performance	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL10001	Modern and Contemporary Literature	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

English and Theatre Level 2 subjects:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL20020	Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20022	Modernism and Avant Garde	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20032	Poetry, Love, and Death	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20034	The Theatre Experience	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20009	The Australian Imaginary	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20023	American Classics	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20030	Modern and Contemporary Theatre	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20025	The House of Fiction: Domestic Realism	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20033	Shakespeare in Performance	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20031	Literature, Adaptation, Media	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

English and Theatre Level 3 Compulsory Capstone subject:

Compulsory subject for students majoring in English and Theatre Studies. This subject is not available in the minor or as breadth.

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL30002	Critical Debates	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

English and Theatre Level 3 subjects:

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL30006	Global Literature and Postcolonialism	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30016	Decadent Literature	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30048	Performance and the World	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL30007	Popular Fiction	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30013	Gothic Fictions	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30046	Romancing the Medieval	Not available in 2020	12.5
ENGL30047	Literature, Ecology, Catastrophe	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30049	Irish Literature	Not available in 2020	12.5
ENGL30050	Global Theatre History	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Links

http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/english