English - ENGLB13403
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of the Arts and Media
Contact: School of the Arts and Media
Program: 3403 - Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Major)
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Stream Outline
This stream structure is for students commencing prior to 2016.
Students commencing from 2016 should refer to the relevant stream version for their program. Please click here for a complete list of programs in which English can be studied.
The major stream in English covers literature from a range of historical periods, from the Renaissance through to postmodernism and contemporary society. It locates the study of literature in a variety of contexts: cultural, political, biographical, social, theoretical and ideological. It acknowledges the breadth and diversity of contemporary literary and cultural studies, drawing upon a range of interdisciplinary methodologies and theoretical movements, such as poststructuralism, feminism and gender studies, postcolonialism, creative writing and discourse analysis, to engage in dynamic fashion with more traditional approaches to the discipline, such as close reading, aesthetic evaluation and canon formation.
The aims of the BA major stream in English are:
Students commencing from 2016 should refer to the relevant stream version for their program. Please click here for a complete list of programs in which English can be studied.
The major stream in English covers literature from a range of historical periods, from the Renaissance through to postmodernism and contemporary society. It locates the study of literature in a variety of contexts: cultural, political, biographical, social, theoretical and ideological. It acknowledges the breadth and diversity of contemporary literary and cultural studies, drawing upon a range of interdisciplinary methodologies and theoretical movements, such as poststructuralism, feminism and gender studies, postcolonialism, creative writing and discourse analysis, to engage in dynamic fashion with more traditional approaches to the discipline, such as close reading, aesthetic evaluation and canon formation.
The aims of the BA major stream in English are:
- to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of the importance of literature and literary culture to the history of ideas, to national and transnational cultural identities, to the ethical formation of individuals and communities, to cultural politics, to artistic movements, and to public life.
- to develop skills such as the ability to conduct close textual analyses, and to write with clarity, precision and persuasiveness.
- to foster the capacity for independent research, for critical analysis of all forms of writing and media representation.
- to foster a capacity for problem solving and argumentation, for sophisticated written and oral communication and for imaginative experimentation with language.
- to enable students to gain an understanding of national and transnational literary heritages.
Stream Structure
A student who wishes to gain a major stream in English must complete 54 units of credit including 12 uoc at level 1, at least 18 uoc at level 2 and at least 18 uoc at level 3 including the capstone course. ARTS1030 is a compulsory course.
BA/BEd Students: In order to meet the criteria set by the NSW Institute of Teachers, BA/BEd students undertaking the English major must follow the stream rules specific to their program here.
BA/BEd Students: In order to meet the criteria set by the NSW Institute of Teachers, BA/BEd students undertaking the English major must follow the stream rules specific to their program here.
Level 1
To fulfil the requirements at level one, students must complete:
- ARTS1030 Forms of Writing (6 UOC)
And one of the following:
- ARTS1010 Life of Words (6 UOC)
- ARTS1031 Reading Through Time (6 UOC)
Level 2
- ARTS2031 Australian Literature (6 UOC)
- ARTS2033 Poetry and Poetics (6 UOC)
- ARTS2034 Shakespearean Drama (6 UOC)
- ARTS2035 American Literature (6 UOC)
- ARTS2036 Modernism (6 UOC)
- ARTS2037 Women's Writing (6 UOC)
- ARTS2038 Popular Fictions (6 UOC)
- ARTS2039 Irish Modernists (6 UOC)
- ARTS2040 Global Literatures (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the English Major:
- ARTS2020 Creative Writing (6 UOC)
- ARTS2127 Great Plays (6 UOC)
Level 3
To fulfil the Capstone requirements, students must complete ONE of:
- ARTS3040 Postcolonial Literatures (6 UOC)
- ARTS3053 Love Pray Kill (6 UOC)
And at least 12 UOC from the following:
- ARTS3040 Postcolonial Literatures (6 UOC)
- ARTS3045 Worlds of Crime (6 UOC)
- ARTS3047 Critical and Cultural Theory (6 UOC)
- ARTS3048 Gothic Cultures (6 UOC)
- ARTS3049 Animals, Monsters and Machines (6 UOC)
- ARTS3050 Reading Natures (6 UOC)
- ARTS3052 English Internship (6 UOC)
- ARTS3053 Love Pray Kill (6 UOC)
- ARTS3054 The Getting of Wisdom (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the English Major:
- ARTS3022 Narrative (6 UOC)
- ARTS3023 Fiction Writing (6 UOC)
- ARTS3024 Writing Bodies (6 UOC)
- ARTS3025 Advanced Creative Writing (6 UOC)
