ENGLISH LITERATURE
The School of Arts and Sciences offers an exciting and innovative English Literature program, which aims to train students to think and write critically and effectively. It also aims to produce culturally-literate students ready to take their place in a variety of rewarding careers, ranging from education to media to any other profession which demands articulate and highly literate graduates.
The program offers a balanced approach to a diversity of literature in English, ranging from the works of Shakespeare to Classical and Romantic poetry and the Victorian novel, to children’s literature, Australian and Irish literatures and comparative Indigenous literatures. Many of these units are further enhanced by the study of such disciplines as History, Sociology, Politics and Theatre Studies.
The English Literature program also affords students the opportunity to pursue postgraduate research opportunities, including a Diploma of Education (DipEd), Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). |
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ENGLISH LITERATURE UNITS
Literature units are run on a two-year rotation cycle (see below for what’s on offer in 2009 and 2010). First year students must study both EL102 The Western Tradition and EL104 World Literatures Today which equips them well to make informed decisions when choosing their upper level units and specialisations.
Eight approved units are required for a major in English Literature; six approved units are required for a minor.
The following units can be counted towards an English Literature major or minor.
Required English Literature Units
| EL102 |
The Western Tradition |
| EL104 |
World Literatures Today |
English Literature Electives
| EL105 |
Theory and Practice of Modern Theatre |
| EL300 |
Children’s Literature |
| EL301 |
Uses and Abuses Literary Theory: From spider woman to Jacques Derrida |
| EL303 |
Gothic Literature and its Legacy |
| EL306 |
Australian Theatre and Cinema |
| EL307 |
Irish Literature and the idea of “Ireland” |
| EL316 |
Australian Literature and the Postcolonial Challenge |
| EL332 |
The Novel in English |
| EL331 |
Classical and Romantic Poetry |
| EL341 |
Drama in the Age of Shakespeare |
| EL351 |
Comparative Indigenous Literature |
| EL382 |
Freedom from Oppression: Literature that Changed the World |
Other units if available and as approved by the Dean, to a maximum of 50 credit points per major, and 75 credit points per degree:
| AL3008 |
Arts Internship or |
| EL3008 |
English Literature Internship |
| AL301 |
Experience the World I |
| AL302 |
Experience the World II |
Please note that not all units may be available on each campus.
UNIT DESCRIPTIONS AND AVAILABILITY, 2009 - 2010
To see what units are on offer when, please click here.
For a full list of all unit descriptions in English Literature and other School of Arts and Sciences disciplines, please click here.
DEGREE PLANNERS
To review the content of a Bachelor of Arts, Behavioural Science, Communications, Counselling or Science, or to download the official course planner for your degree, please click here.
STUDY ABROAD
The Study Abroad program allows Notre Dame’s English Literature students to spend one semester of their degree at an overseas university in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe or Asia while gaining full credit in their degree at home. Some students may be eligible for a Student Exchange Scholarship to help reduce the cost of airfares, accommodation and other expenses.
Universities particularly well suited to the study of Literature include Boston College, Catholic University of America (campuses in Washington DC, Dublin, London and Belgium), St Mary’s College (campuses in Indianapolis, USA and Rome, Italy) and Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA.
For more information please contact Notre Dame’s Study Abroad office.
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD
A variety of opportunities for extended scholarly and service learning exist for those students conducting a degree in Notre Dame’s School of Arts and Sciences. Participation in these programs can provide students with additional professional and life skills that will not only enrich their learning experience at University, but will make their degree more marketable and attractive on completion.
East Kimberley Community Immersion
Students of such Arts and Sciences degrees as Arts, Arts (Politics and Journalism), Behavioural Science, Communications, Counselling and Science may be eligible to participate in our East Kimberley immersion program. This unique and often life-changing educational experience sees small teams of students travel to remote communities of Australia’s north-west twice a year. In such towns as Wyndham and communities as Oombulgurri, Notre Dame students spend four weeks living and working with local young people in a project designed to achieve meaningful reconciliation and greater engagement between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia.
This program is normally available as an elective within a degree program and may, on approval of the Dean, be eligible to be counted towards a major or minor.
This program is available to students of Fremantle, Sydney and Broome. For more information, please contact the School of Arts and Sciences in Fremantle.
Caritas Australia development program
We believe that university education should be about more than training for a profession. Rather, we want Notre Dame students to be ready to change the world.
Students of Arts and Sciences at Notre Dame are eligible to participate in an overseas program we conduct each year in partnership with the aid organisation, Caritas Australia. Teams of Notre Dame staff and students visit an overseas location such as Cambodia, Uganda or India. In an immersion experience of up to four weeks, the team explores the development work conducted by Caritas and studies, among other things, the intersection of poverty, development, politics and globalisation.
The Caritas program may be available as an elective within a degree program and may, on approval of the Dean, be counted towards a major or minor.
HONOURS
Students who have completed an Arts, Behavioural Science, Communications or Science degree, with at least a distinction average in their major, may be eligible to undertake a fourth year in the School’s Honours program.
Honours in English Literature is an impressive addition to your undergraduate degree and should make your educational qualifications more competitive as you choose and build your career. Honours in English Literature is also the normal pathway for higher degree research, including a Master of Arts (MA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Because of the unique nature of Notre Dame’s School of Arts and Sciences, students completing an Honours degree in English Literature have the opportunity to develop an inter-disciplinary research project which may combine their work with other disciplines such as History, Politics, and Social Justice.
Students completing an Honours program in English Literature will undertake a major research project under supervision, complete coursework in Literature or related units, participate in a regular interdisciplinary seminar series and contribute to a conference program regarding their research activities.
For further information on Honours please speak with any academic member of staff or contact the Honours coordinators in your School.
DOUBLE DEGREES
English Literature combines well with the study of other degrees at Notre Dame. A Bachelor of Arts is often studied in combination with such professional degrees as Law, Education or Business.
Adding an English Literature major to your professional degree can add to your graduate employment opportunities, increase your learning experience at university and provide you with enhanced writing and research skills.
POSTGRADUATE DEGREES
Politics and International Relations, History, English Literature and a range of other discipline areas can be pursued in a Master of Arts (MA) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at Notre Dame. For more information please contact your School or the University's Research Office.
