English and Theatre Studies (GD-ARTS_SPEC_11)

Overview

English and Theatre Studies is a combined program and students can specialise in either areas. If 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 are recognised nationally and internationally for innovative teaching, scholarship and research.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this specialisation, students should have:

An introductory knowledge of the main periods and trends in English and/English and Theatre studies
An introductory knowledge of key critical methods in English and/English and Theatre studies
General skills in the analysis of literary and/or dramatic texts, genres, histories, cultures and performances
General skills in research, writing, and thinking critically about creative texts and performances.

Last updated: 27 February 2025

Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 years full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

three compulsory subjects (37.5 points)
elective subjects (62.5 points)

Total 100 points

Please note: students cannot take more than 12.5 points at first-year level

Subject Options

Compulsory Subjects

37.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL30052	The Value of English and Theatre Studies	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL40020	Australian Theatre and Performance	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL40028	Exploring Joyce's Ulysses	April (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Elective Subjects

62.5 points

Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
ENGL10001	Modern and Contemporary Literature	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL10002	Canons in Literature and Performance	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20009	The Australian Imaginary	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL20020	Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution	Not available in 2025	12.5
ENGL20022	Modernism and Avant Garde	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	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	Not available in 2025	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
ENGL20037	Literature and the City	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30006	Global Literature and Postcolonialism	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30007	Popular Fiction	Not available in 2025	12.5
ENGL30013	Gothic Fictions	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30016	Decadent Literature	Not available in 2025	12.5
ENGL30046	Romancing the Medieval	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30047	Literature, Environment, Crisis	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30048	Performance and the World	Not available in 2025	12.5
ENGL30049	Modern Irish Classics	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
ENGL30051	Comedy	Not available in 2025	12.5
ENGL30053	Renaissance Drama	Not available in 2025	12.5
INDG30004	Aboriginal Writing	Not available in 2025	12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication

Last updated: 27 February 2025

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