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The House of Fiction: Literary Realism (ENGL20025) // Further information
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Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
- Jane Austen, Emma (1815)
- Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady (1881)
- Katherine Mansfield, The Garden Party (1922) [short stories]
- Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris (1935)
- Patrick White, The Twyborn Affair (1979)
- Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac (1985)
- Shyam Selvadurai, Cinnamon Gardens (1998)
- Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006)
- Colm Tóibín, The Empty Family (2010) [short stories]
The subject reader will include critical and theoretical material from the following: Nancy Armstrong, Roland Barthes, Peter Brooks, Dorrit Cohn, Catherine Gallagher, Gérard Genette, Fredric Jameson, Claudia L. Johnson, F.R. Leavis, D.A. Miller, Franco Moretti, Naomi Schor, Ian Watt, Alex Woloch.
- Subject notes
Students who have completed 673-345 Reverberations of Terror: 1789-1900 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Specialisation (formal) English and Theatre Studies Major English and Theatre Studies Specialisation (formal) English and Theatre Studies - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Production)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Science
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on study abroad and exchange; students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject. These requirements may be met by equivalent study completed at and approved by your home institution.
Last updated: 8 February 2026