Courses in English

Bachelor of Arts - BA

English
Course Title Available in 2024
ENGLISH 355 New Zealand Literature Semester 1
ENGLISH 360 Special Topic: Nineteenth Century Literature Semester 1
Comparative Literature
Course Title Available in 2024
COMPLIT 200 World Literatures 1: Life, Death, War, Peace, Love Semester 1
COMPLIT 202 Interpreting Folktales Semester 2
COMPLIT 303 Interpreting Folktales Semester 2
Drama
Course Title Available in 2024
DRAMA 203 Drama of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Semester 2
DRAMA 303 Drama of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Pacific Semester 2
Gender Studies
Course Title Available in 2024
GENDER 306 Making Waves: Gender and Change Semester 1

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

English
Course Title Available in 2024
ENGLISH 700 Pacific Poetry Semester 2
ENGLISH 705 Modernism and the Contemporary Semester 2
ENGLISH 713/713AB Research Essays Semester 1, or Semester 2, or Semester 1 and 2 (full year)

   

Bachelor of Arts - BA

English
Course Title Available in 2024
ENGLISH 101 Literature and the Contemporary Semester 1
ENGLISH 102 Great Books: Seduction and Betrayal Semester 2
ENGLISH 121 Reading/Writing/Text Summer School, repeated Semester 1 and 2
ENGLISH 207 Creating Stories Semester 2
ENGLISH 214 Early Texts: Modern Inventions Semester 1
ENGLISH 216 Modernist Transformations Semester 2
ENGLISH 219 Nineteenth-Century Literature Semester 1
ENGLISH 221 New Zealand Literature Semester 1
ENGLISH 223 Modern Writing and Critical Thinking Semester 1
ENGLISH 252 Creative Writing: Four Genres Semester 2
ENGLISH 305 Modern Writing and Critical Thinking Semester 1
ENGLISH 311 Creating Stories Semester 2
ENGLISH 322 Modernist Transformations Semester 2
ENGLISH 324 Creative Writing: Four Genres Semester 2
ENGLISH 330 Early Texts, Modern Inventions Semester 1

   

Master of Arts - MA

English
Course Title Available in 2024
ENGLISH 780 Research Essay Semester 1, or Semester 2, or Semester 1 and 2 (full year)
ENGLISH 781 Research Project Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 785 Directed Study Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 789 Dissertation Semester 1
ENGLISH 792/792AB Dissertation Semester 1, or Semester 2, or Semester 1 and 2 (full year)
ENGLISH 793AB Thesis Semester 1 and 2 (full year)
Drama
Course Title Available in 2024
DRAMA 708 Drama and the Mind Semester 2
DRAMA 718 Playwriting Semester 1
English
Course Title Available in 2024
ENGLISH 713AB Research Essays Semester 1, or Semester 2, or Semester 1 and 2 (full year)
ENGLISH 769 Representing Imagining Semester 1
ENGLISH 770 Research Essays Semester 1, repeated Semester 2

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

English
Course Title Available in 2024
ENGLISH 769 Representing Imagining Semester 1
ENGLISH 770 Research Essays Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 780 Research Essay Semester 1, or Semester 2, or Semester 1 and 2 (full year)
ENGLISH 781 Research Project Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 785 Directed Study Semester 1, repeated Semester 2
ENGLISH 787 Literature USA: from the American Renaissance to the Jazz Age Semester 1
Drama
Course Title Available in 2024
DRAMA 708 Drama and the Mind Semester 2
DRAMA 718 Playwriting Semester 1

   

Master of Arts - MA

English
Course Title Available in 2024
ENGLISH 700 Pacific Poetry Semester 2
ENGLISH 705 Modernism and the Contemporary Semester 2
ENGLISH 713 Research Essays Semester 1, or Semester 2, or Semester 1 and 2 (full year)

   

Bachelor of Arts - BA

English
Course Title Not taught 2024
ENGLISH 344 Writing Creative Prose Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 351 Special Topic Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 353 Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025
ENGLISH 356 The Modern Novel Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 367 Special Topic Not taught in 2024
Linguistics
Course Title Not taught 2024
LINGUIST 207 English Language to 1900 Not taught in 2024

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

English
Course Title Not taught 2024
ENGLISH 701 Milton and Poetic Authority Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 702 Postcolonial Literary Studies Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 703 Stages of Religion Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 706 Shakespeare: Selected Plays and Poems Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 707 Writing World War II Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 709 Theatre on Screen Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025
ENGLISH 711 Shakespeare from Stage to Page, 1590-1640 Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 714 Performing Writing Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 718 Opening the Archive Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 725 Writing, Literacy, Poetics Not taught in 2024

   

Bachelor of Arts - BA

English
Course Title Not taught 2024
ENGLISH 113 Global South: New World Texts Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 204 Pacific Literature in English Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025
ENGLISH 213 Age of Shakespeare: Tragedy Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025
ENGLISH 217 Postcolonial Memory: Ireland Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 256 Tolkien and his Worlds Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 261 Special Topic Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 262 Special Topic: The Modern Novel Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 265 Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragicomedies Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 306 Tolkien and his Worlds Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 310 Shakespeare: Comedies and Tragicomedies Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 316 Post Colonial Memory: Ireland Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 318 The Gothic: Texts and Theory Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 323 Contemporary Poetry Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 340 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 343 Writing Poetry Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025

   

Master of Arts - MA

English
Course Title Not taught 2024
ENGLISH 777 Special Topic Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 778 Pedagogy and Performance Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 779 The Social Text, 1350-1590 Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 782 Interpreting Janet Frame Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 783 Studies in English Renaissance Drama Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 714 Performing Writing Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 718 Opening the Archive Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 725 Writing, Literacy, Poetics Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 731 Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 732AB Popular Fiction: Mystery, Romance and Fantasy Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 746 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 756 Special Topic Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 758 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 775 Special Topic: Jane Austen Not taught in 2024

   

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA(Hons)

English
Course Title Not taught 2024
ENGLISH 731 Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 732AB Popular Fiction: Mystery, Romance and Fantasy Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 746 Arthurian Literature Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 756 Special Topic Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 758 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric and Composition Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 775 Special Topic: Jane Austen Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 777 Special Topic Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 778 Pedagogy and Performance Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 779 The Social Text, 1350-1590 Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 782 Interpreting Janet Frame Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 783 Studies in English Renaissance Drama Not taught in 2024

   

Master of Arts - MA

English
Course Title Not taught 2024
ENGLISH 701 Milton and Poetic Authority Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 702 Postcolonial Literary Studies Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 703 Stages of Religion Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 706 Shakespeare: Selected Plays and Poems Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 707 Writing World War II Not taught in 2024
ENGLISH 709 Theatre on Screen Not offered in 2024; planned for 2025
ENGLISH 711 Shakespeare from Stage to Page, 1590-1640 Not taught in 2024