(See also ENGL301, ENGL337 and ENGL339.)
ENGL300, ENGL301, ENGL337 and ENGL339 are special interest seminars offered either for 4 credit points (ENGL300, ENGL301) or for 2 credit points (ENGL337, ENGL339).
The topics in these units will vary from time to time and reflect the research interests of staff. Students should consult with the Department for current details of offerings available this year. The offerings listed below are merely a rough guide, since these offerings are not confirmed until early in 2005.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
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| Staff Contact: |
Dr Colmer, Mrs Yardley, Dr McCallum |
| Prerequisites: |
8cp from 200-level ENGL or CUL units, including at least 4cp in 200-level ENGL units
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| Offered By: |
Department of English |
Crime as a Fictional Pursuit
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| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: |
[Unknown]
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Examines crime and detective fiction as a mirror of change in social attitudes, morality, taboos, comparing both 'high' and 'popular' culture novels and films. Material to be studied will include some of the following: Poe and/or Lupin; Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers; Conan Doyle; Raymond Chandler, and some of Patricia Highsmith, Patricia Cornwell, Jonathon Kellerman, Evan Hunter, Phillip Kerr, Val McDermid and others. Comparisons might include, for example, Eco's The Name of the Rose and Peters' Brother Cadfael mysteries. Films will include some of the following: An Inspector Calls; Murder by Death; Silence of the Lambs; Eating Raoul; and The Cat and the Canary (Bob Hope version). There will be one two-hour session per week.
From Doll to Cyborg
| Staff Contact: | Dr McCallum, Associate Professor Stephens |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: |
[Unknown]
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Throughout the history of children's literature and, more recently, children's film, toys have been depicted as taking on a life of their own-a life which sometimes reflects, interrogates, or carnivalises human experience of the world. This unit examines the various uses made in literature and film of manufactured, surrogate human characters, ranging from dolls and stuffed toys to robots and cyborgs.
Jane Austen
| Staff Contact: | Mrs Yardley |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
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[Unknown]
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This will examine Austen's six novels and their social context. Please consult the English Department office about availability and times.
Students should consult the Department for details of further offerings in ENGL300/301 and should not enrol until they have confirmed which of the listed times for this unit is the offering they want.
Placenames
| Staff Contact: | Mr Blair |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
| When Offered: |
[Unknown]
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The unit introduces the theory and practice of placenames research. What is the difference between 'a placename' and 'a name for places'? How do you set about collecting the placenames of a region and writing their history? How do you handle parallel names like Ayers Rock and Uluru? Are people allowed to invent placenames? There will be opportunity to do some practical work, in association with staff of the Australian National Placenames Survey.
Popular Theatre as Mirror, Polemic and Satire
| Staff Contact: | Dr Colmer |
| Contact Hours: | 2 |
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[Unknown]
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Examines material from classical, medieval, renaissance and contemporary periods in terms of content, form and function to examine the possible relationships between theatre and audiences. How does theatre reflect, criticise and instruct? Is all theatre of necessity popular theatre? How do we differentiate between theatre and performance arts in general? How does theatre relate to performance space? In what sense are masques, processions, carousels, street entertainment viewed as 'theatre'? How do concepts of theatre change from one period to another?
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