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1001

ENGLISH 353

: Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy
2022 Semester Two (1225)
An introduction to the golden age of English theatre, involving detailed study of a selection of tragedies by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The theatrical emphasis of the course is intended to help students respond to the plays as theatrical artefacts and not merely as literary texts.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English or Drama
Restriction: ENGLISH 213
1002

ENGLISH 353

: Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy
2020 Semester Two (1205)
An introduction to the golden age of English theatre, involving detailed study of a selection of tragedies by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The theatrical emphasis of the course is intended to help students respond to the plays as theatrical artefacts and not merely as literary texts.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English or Drama
Restriction: ENGLISH 213
1003

ENGLISH 355

: New Zealand Literature
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Offers an historical survey of major writers and key issues in New Zealand literature. Students will not only read some of the best writing our country has to offer but will develop, through the literature studied, a richly detailed overview of New Zealand experience from the period of first contact until now.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 221
1004

ENGLISH 355

: New Zealand Literature
2024 Semester One (1243)
Offers an historical survey of major writers and key issues in New Zealand literature. Students will not only read some of the best writing our country has to offer but will develop, through the literature studied, a richly detailed overview of New Zealand experience from the period of first contact until now.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 221
1005

ENGLISH 355

: New Zealand Literature
2023 Semester One (1233)
Offers an historical survey of major writers and key issues in New Zealand literature. Students will not only read some of the best writing our country has to offer but will develop, through the literature studied, a richly detailed overview of New Zealand experience from the period of first contact until now.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 221
1006

ENGLISH 355

: New Zealand Literature
2022 Semester One (1223)
Offers an historical survey of major writers and key issues in New Zealand literature. Students will not only read some of the best writing our country has to offer but will develop, through the literature studied, a richly detailed overview of New Zealand experience from the period of first contact until now.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 221
1007

ENGLISH 356

: The Modern Novel
2025 Semester Two (1255)
A study of fiction. The prescribed works vary widely in their country of origin, formal elements and themes. Some are recognised as classics, while others show the new directions taken by the writers of the time. The texts are given detailed consideration as well as being placed within social and critical contexts.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 220, 262
1008

ENGLISH 356

: The Modern Novel
2020 Semester One (1203)
A study of fiction. The prescribed works vary widely in their country of origin, formal elements and themes. Some are recognised as classics, while others show the new directions taken by the writers of the time. The texts are given detailed consideration as well as being placed within social and critical contexts.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 220
1009

ENGLISH 360

: Special Topic: Nineteenth Century Literature
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Considers a range of literature from the nineteenth century – poetry, fiction and drama – as regards its treatment of growing up in the period. Issues covered include the recognition of childhood as a special state, the establishment of an individual's gender and sexual identity and the opportunities and constraints afforded by the changing social hierarchy and religious belief systems.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 219
1010

ENGLISH 360

: Special Topic: Nineteenth Century Literature
2024 Semester One (1243)
Considers a range of literature from the nineteenth century – poetry, fiction and drama – as regards its treatment of growing up in the period. Issues covered include the recognition of childhood as a special state, the establishment of an individual's gender and sexual identity and the opportunities and constraints afforded by the changing social hierarchy and religious belief systems.
Subject: English
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in English
Restriction: ENGLISH 219
1011

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
1012

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
1013

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
1014

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
1015

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
1016

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
1017

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
1018

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
1019

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
1020

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
1021

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
1022

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
1023

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
1024

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
1025

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