English and Theatre Studies (B-ARTS_MAJOR_12)

Overview

English and Theatre Studies is a combined program and students can specialise in either area. 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

On completion of this major, students should be able to:

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: 2 October 2024

Structure

100 credit points

This major requires the completion of:

25 credit points of Level 1 subjects, comprising of either:
12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (for a single major)

OR

25 credit points of Level 1 electives (for a double major)
37.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone Subject
25 credit points of Level 3 electives

*Note:

Students must undertake the Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.

If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 elective subject

If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects

Level 1 electives

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

Level 2 electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL20009	The Australian Imaginary	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20020	Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20022	Modernism and Avant Garde	Not available in 2024	12.5
ENGL20023	American Classics	Not available in 2024	12.5
ENGL20025	The House of Fiction: Literary Realism	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20030	Modern and Contemporary Theatre	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20031	Literature, Adaptation, Media	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20032	Poetry, Love, and Death	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20033	Shakespeare in Performance	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20034	The Theatre Experience	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20035	Critical Debates	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20036	Theatre Histories	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 Capstone Subject

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL30052	English, Theatre & Contemporary Culture	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Level 3 electives

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL30006	Global Literature and Postcolonialism	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30016	Decadent Literature	Not available in 2024	12.5
ENGL30048	Performance and the World	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30007	Popular Fiction	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30046	Romancing the Medieval	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30047	Literature, Environment, Crisis	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30049	Exploring Irish Literature	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30051	Comedy	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30013	Gothic Fictions	Not available in 2024	12.5
ENGL30053	Renaissance Drama	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Links

https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-culture-and-communication/discipline-areas/english-and-theatre-studies

Last updated: 2 October 2024

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