Sub-major - English, Text and Writing
Western Sydney University
Sub-major
Code:
SM1044.1
Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
The English, Text and Writing sub-major invites students to explore contemporary approaches to language, literary study and writing, including literary criticism and theory, linguistic analysis, genre and textual study, and creative writing. English, Text and Writing focuses on the imaginative workings of language, and students can study a wide selection of modern and classic literature, as well as the relationships between written texts and other media such as film and information technology. Students also have the opportunity to produce their own creative writing and to edit and publish their work. Career prospects include publishing, editing, teaching, writing and advertising.
Sub-major
Structure
Students must complete 40 credit points from the following pools with no more than one unit at Level 1.
Note: Not all units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.
Level 1 unit pool
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100862
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English, Text & Writing
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Level 2 unit pool
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101967
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Cultural History of Books and Reading
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100871
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International Texts and Contexts
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100964
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Introduction to Film Studies
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101978
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Modern Australian Poetry and Poetics
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101917
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Representing Everyday Life in Literary and Visual Cultures
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101964
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Sexual/Textual Politics in Victorian Women's Writing
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100505
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Special Topics in English, Text and Writing
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101869
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Studies in Postcolonial Literature
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Level 3 unit pool
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101796
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19th Century American Literature
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102099
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20th Century American Literature
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400087
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Applied Critical Methods
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100849
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Australian Textual Studies
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102205
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Children's and Young Adult Fiction
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101626
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Children's Literature: Image and Text
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100859
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Creative Writing Project
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102185
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Culture, Discourse and Meaning
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101976
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English Literature After 1830
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102416
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Law, Literature and Culture
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102186
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Introduction to Stylistics
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100875
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Literature and Philosophy
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101966
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Literatures of Decolonisation
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102078
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Reading Ireland in the 1990s: Fiction, Poetry, Drama
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101791
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Short Fiction in the Americas
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101832
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Talking Normal: Sociolinguistics and Modern Literature
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101880
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The Space of Literature
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101977
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Women, Travel and Empire
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101669
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World Literature in Translation
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101908
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Writing and Reading Sci Fi and Fantasy
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100895
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Writing For Performance
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Please note:
The Level 2 and level 3 units listed below count towards completion of the major for students who may have passed units in the list in 2015 or earlier.
Level 2
101408 - Critical Discourse Analysis
100993 - Constructions of the Script
101452 - History of the English Language
100870 - Hypertext Fictions
SS238A - Genres
100880 - Poetry and Poetics
101873 - The Sound of Language
101455 - The Structure of English
Level 3
100845 - American Literature
101242 - Childrens Literature
101000 - hom/e/scapes
101955 - Honours Foundation
101724 - Literary Animals
100874 - Literature, History and Culture
101406 - Queering Text
101006 - Social Semiotics
101453 - Text and Discourse in English
101668 - World Cinema
101471 - Women in Arabic and Islamic Literature