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ENGLISH 700

: Pacific Poetry
2025 Semester One (1253)
A critical engagement with poetry written in English by the peoples of Oceania (Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia). Pacific aesthetics and epistemologies evident in orature and art, in addition to post-colonial and women of colour feminist theories, will be used in the construction of culturally insightful frameworks to better appreciate this poetry that spans from the 1970s to the present day.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 717, 720
402

ENGLISH 700

: Pacific Poetry
2024 Semester Two (1245)
A critical engagement with poetry written in English by the peoples of Oceania (Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia). Pacific aesthetics and epistemologies evident in orature and art, in addition to post-colonial and women of colour feminist theories, will be used in the construction of culturally insightful frameworks to better appreciate this poetry that spans from the 1970s to the present day.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 717, 720
403

ENGLISH 700

: Pacific Poetry
2023 Semester One (1233)
A critical engagement with poetry written in English by the peoples of Oceania (Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia). Pacific aesthetics and epistemologies evident in orature and art, in addition to post-colonial and women of colour feminist theories, will be used in the construction of culturally insightful frameworks to better appreciate this poetry that spans from the 1970s to the present day.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 717, 720
404

ENGLISH 701

: Milton and Poetic Authority
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Milton is the poet who has been most significant in the establishment of the familiar canon of English poetry. This achievement raises questions about the greatness of poetry written in one set of historical circumstances that is then judged by an audience constructed in part by the poetry itself. In this context the course covers political as well as poetic works.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 760
405

ENGLISH 702

: Postcolonial Literary Studies
2020 Semester One (1203)
Provides a critical investigation of postcolonial literary studies as a field of academic inquiry and cultural critique. We read essays by influential theorists, including theoretical essays by contemporary poets and novelists, but concentrate on the study of literary texts produced in the social, political and cultural circumstances that are largely identified as postcolonial.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 786
406

ENGLISH 705

: Modernism and the Contemporary
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Examines the work of Modernist writers intensely concerned with ideas of the contemporary within the context of Modernism, the defining international 'movement' of the twentieth century, known for its narratives of crisis and transformation.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
407

ENGLISH 705

: Modernism and the Contemporary
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Examines the work of Modernist writers intensely concerned with ideas of the contemporary within the context of Modernism, the defining international 'movement' of the twentieth century, known for its narratives of crisis and transformation.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
408

ENGLISH 705

: Modernism and the Contemporary
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Examines the work of Modernist writers intensely concerned with ideas of the contemporary within the context of Modernism, the defining international 'movement' of the twentieth century, known for its narratives of crisis and transformation.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
409

ENGLISH 705

: Modernism and the Contemporary
2020 Semester One (1203)
Examines the work of Modernist writers intensely concerned with ideas of the contemporary within the context of Modernism, the defining international 'movement' of the twentieth century, known for its narratives of crisis and transformation.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
410

ENGLISH 709

: Theatre on Screen
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Examines a range of mainstream and arthouse films which treat the processes of theatrical performance and dramatic composition. These films create commercial and aesthetic appeal by engaging the thin dividing line between reality and drama. Topics include: theatricality and politics; the business of theatre; gender and sexuality; adaptation.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 774
411

ENGLISH 709

: Theatre on Screen
2020 Semester One (1203)
Examines a range of mainstream and arthouse films which treat the processes of theatrical performance and dramatic composition. These films create commercial and aesthetic appeal by engaging the thin dividing line between reality and drama. Topics include: theatricality and politics; the business of theatre; gender and sexuality; adaptation.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 774
412

ENGLISH 711

: Shakespeare from Stage to Page, 1590-1640
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Studies the development of the theatre in the half-century encompassing Shakespeare's career and after, and its relation to the print industry of the same period. Treats authors and writing, acting, company structure, audiences, censorship, book production, publication and readership. Involves extensive use of primary and rare materials.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 342, 754, 765
413

ENGLISH 714

: Special Topic: Performing Writing
2022 Semester One (1223)
Considers multilingual, multi-genre, and multi-modal writing across the last fifty years. Readings include paper books, performance writing texts (live, site-specific, and installations), and born-digital literature. Authors include Caroline Bergvall, Kamau Brathwaite, JR Carpenter, Caren Florance, Édouard Glissant, Duriel E. Harris, Aodán McCardle, Maggie O'Sullivan, Tru Paraha, John Pule, and Jack Ross.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
414

ENGLISH 731

: Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë
2021 Semester Two (1215)
A comparative study of two significant women novelists of the nineteenth century, exploring the similarities and differences among their works, as well as giving attention to their critical and popular reception history and their 'afterlife' in print and on screen.
Subject: English
Restriction: ENGLISH 752
415

ENGLISH 769

: Representing Imagining
2024 Semester One (1243)
Investigates representation in imaginative writing. Principal texts are from 1928 to the present and from North America, UK, Aotearoa New Zealand, France, and the Caribbean. Topics include genre and expectations; ideologies of originality and copying; discursive mixing; authenticity; wholeness and brokenness; translingualism; the page, the codex and the digitas; and the economy of the imaginative subject.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
416

ENGLISH 769

: Representing Imagining
2020 Semester One (1203)
Investigates representation in imaginative writing. Principal texts are from 1928 to the present and from North America, UK, Aotearoa New Zealand, France, and the Caribbean. Topics include genre and expectations; ideologies of originality and copying; discursive mixing; authenticity; wholeness and brokenness; translingualism; the page, the codex and the digitas; and the economy of the imaginative subject.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
417

ENGLISH 787

: Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age
2025 Semester One (1253)
Examines a selection of classic texts and major issues in the literature of the United States from the American Renaissance of the 1840s and 1850s through to the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
418

ENGLISH 787

: Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines a selection of classic texts and major issues in the literature of the United States from the American Renaissance of the 1840s and 1850s through to the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
419

ENGLISH 787

: Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines a selection of classic texts and major issues in the literature of the United States from the American Renaissance of the 1840s and 1850s through to the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
420

ENGLISH 787

: Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age
2022 Semester One (1223)
Examines a selection of classic texts and major issues in the literature of the United States from the American Renaissance of the 1840s and 1850s through to the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
421

ENGLISH 787

: Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age
2021 Semester One (1213)
Examines a selection of classic texts and major issues in the literature of the United States from the American Renaissance of the 1840s and 1850s through to the Jazz Age of the 1920s and 1930s.
Subject: English
No pre-requisites or restrictions
422

GREEK 100

: Introduction to Ancient Greek Language 1
2022 Semester One (1223)
A beginner's course in the grammar and vocabulary of Ancient Greek.
Subject: Greek
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
423

GREEK 100

: Introduction to Ancient Greek Language 1
2021 Semester One (1213)
A beginner's course in the grammar and vocabulary of Ancient Greek.
Subject: Greek
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
424

GREEK 100

: Introduction to Ancient Greek Language 1
2020 Semester One (1203)
A beginner's course in the grammar and vocabulary of Ancient Greek.
Subject: Greek
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed
425

GREEK 101

: Introduction to Ancient Greek Language 2
2022 Semester Two (1225)
An advancing beginner's course in the grammar and vocabulary of Ancient Greek.
Subject: Greek
Prerequisite: GREEK 100 or approval of Academic Head or nominee
Restriction: May not be taken if a more advanced language acquisition course in this subject has previously been passed