Bachelor of Arts
Literary Studies - unit set code MJ-A000013
The Literary Studies major sequence is interdisciplinary and theoretical in orientation. The units focus attention on literary texts in the contexts of their production and reception. Insights from anthropology, philosophy, psychology, history and linguistics form part of this process. There are opportunities for creative writing alongside critical analysis. Texts studied range from classical Greek drama and Shakespearian plays to recent world fiction and poetry.
On successful completion of the Literary Studies major sequence, students should have the following discipline-specific skills:
- an informed ability to read texts of a wide variety
- an ability to write creatively as an extension of literary studies texts
- an ability to conduct a comparative analysis of text/culture relationships
- an ability to explain the intercultural and cross-cultural forces in human society and history in so far as they are reflected in literature
- an ability to understand and apply methodologies of contemporary literary criticism and theory
- an ability to critically appreciate the nature of disciplinary knowledge in Literary Studies
- an ability to reflect upon different theoretical positions in relation to literary and non-literary texts.
Literary Studies major sequence - Burwood, Geelong and off campus
Students must take all of the following units at level 1 and 2 and then select 2 units at level 3
Level 1
Trimester 1
| ALL101 | The Stories We Tell: Inventing Selves and Others (B, G, X) |
Trimester 2
| ALL102 | From Horror to Romance: Genre and Its Obsessions (B, G, W, X) |
Level 2
Trimester 1
| ALL201 | Love, Death and Poetry (B, G, X) |
| ALL274 | Supernatural Literature (B, G, X) |
Trimester 2
| ALL202 | Writing Modern Worlds (B, G, X) |
| ALL260 | Australian Literature (B, G, X) |
Select 2 credit points from the following:
Level 3
Trimester 1
| ALL372 | Philosophies of Hell and Heaven (B, X) |
| ALL373 | Greek Tragedy: Death, Sex and Vengeance (B, G, X) |
Trimester 2
| ALL375 | Shakespeare: Six Plays, Six Worlds (B, G, X) |
| ALL376 | Classics and Trash (G, X) |
Trimester 3
| ALL379 | Representing Australia (ONLINE) * |
| ALL378 | Melancholia, War and the Spectral (B, X) |
Literary Studies major sequence - Warrnambool - continuing students only from 2013.
Students must take all of the following units and then select a further 2 units (at least one at level 3)
Level 1
Trimester 1
| ALL153 | Literature for Children and Young Adults (B, G, W, X) |
Trimester 2
| ALL154 | Power Politics and Texts for Young People (B, G, W, X) |
| ALL102 | From Horror to Romance: Genre and Its Obsessions (B, G, W, X) |
Level 2
Trimester 1
| ALL201 | Love, Death and Poetry (B, G, X) |
Trimester 2
| ALL230 | Re-Imagining Literature for Young People (B, G, X) |
Level 3
Trimester 2
| ALL326 | Material Girls, Material Boys (B, G, W, X) |
Select 2 credit points from the following, including at least one level 3 unit:
Trimester 1
| ALL274 | Supernatural Literature (B, G, X) |
| ACV203 | Visual Narrative Studio (B, S) |
Trimester 2
| ACV204 | Graphic Novels and Artists' Books Studio (B, S) |
| ALL376 | Classics and Trash (G, X) |
| ALL260 | Australian Literature (B, G, X) |
| ALL375 | Shakespeare: Six Plays, Six Worlds (B, G, X) |
Trimester 3
| ALL379 | Representing Australia (ONLINE) * |
| ALL378 | Melancholia, War and the Spectral (B, X) |
* ALL379 is offered in the wholly online teaching mode only - there will be no face to face teaching.
