EDUCATION
2. Grammar, traditional and modern
Books
Preliminary Reading:
Nowottny, W The Language Poets Use London: Athlone 1962 Palmer, F Grammar Harmondsworth: Penguin 1971
Prescribed:
• Bailey, R F A Survival Kit for Writing English Hawthorn: Longman 1976
SECTION B: ELECTIVE ELEMENTS
Each student must choose one of these electives to complement the core studies. (Note:
All external students in English B will study the Australian Literature elective.)
LITERATURE
Elective — Australian Literature:
Syllabus
This elective will cover the two hundred years of Australian poetry and fiction through a
study of key texts.
Books
Preliminary Reading:
Serte, G From Deserts the Prophets Come Melbourne: Heinemann 1973 Prescribed:
• McAuley, J A Map of Australian Verse Melbourne: OUP 1975
• Hope, A D Collected Poems Cremorne (NSW): Angus & Robertson 1972 'Wright, J Collected Poems Cremorne INSW): Angus & Robertson 1971
• Matthews, B led) Henry Lawson — Selected Stories Kent Town (SA): Rigby t'Richardson, H H Australia Felix Ringwood (Vic): Penguin 1971
t'Stead, C The Man Who Loved Children Ringwood (Vic): Penguin 1975 t'White, P The Tree of Man Ringwood (Vic): Penguin 1961
'Johnston, G My Brother Jack Sydney: Fontana 1964
• Keneally, T The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith Ringwood (Vic): Penguin 1973
• Malouf, DJohnno Ringwood (Vic): Penguin 1976
Books marked with a dagger (t) will be given special study, but at least two of the other four works of fiction should be studied.
Elective — American Literature:
Books
Preliminary Reading:
Cunliffe, M The Literature of the United States Harmondsworth: Penguin 1960 Prescribed:
`Hawthorne, N The Scarlet Letter New York: Signet 1960
`Melville, H Moby Dick Harmondsworth: Penguin 1972
'Twain, M The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Harmondsworth: Penguin 1970
`James, H What Maisie Knew Harmondsworth: Penguin 1966
• Fitzgerald, F S The Great Gatsby Harmondsworth: Penguin 1969
`Nabokov, V Lolita London: Corgi 1961
'Faulkner, W As I Lay Dying Harmondsworth: Penguin 1960
"Bellow, S Herzog Harmondsworth: Penguin 1969
`Whitman, W Leaves of Grass New York: Signet 1955
'Raban, J led) Robert Lowell's Poems: A Selection London: Faber 1974
'Moore, G led) The Penguin Book of American Verse Harmondsworth: Penguin 1977 Elective — Modern Drama:
Books
Preliminary Reading:
Williams, R Drama from Ibsen to Brecht Harmondsworth: Penguin 1973 Prescribed:
"Ibsen, H Hedda Gabler Harmondsworth: Penguin 1961
"Strindberg, A The Dance of Death New York: Doubleday 1955
• Shaw, G B Heartbreak House Harmondsworth: Penguin 1964 'Brecht, B Mother Courage and her Children London: Methuen 1962
`O'Neill, E The Iceman Cometh London: Cape 1966
'Williams, T A Streetcar Named Desire Harmondsworth: Penguin 1962
"Pinter, H The Caretaker London: Methuen 1960 'Weiss, P Marat-Sade London: Calder & Boyars 1965
• Lowell, R The Old Glory New York: Farrar Strauss & Giroux 1968
`Bond, E Lear London: Methuen 1972
'Bergman, I Scenes from a Marriage New York: Bantam 1974
`Williamson, D The Removalists Sydney: Currency Press 1972
• Hibberd, J A Stretch of the Imagination Sydney: Currency Press 1973
ENGLISH IN EDUCATION Elective — English in Education:
Syllabus
This elective is an introduction to the teaching of English, to the place of English in education, and to the uses of English in the community. It will investigate issues of particular relevance to students intending to teach in secondary schools. Those who, at a later date, undertake Education 4A, or Education 4B, and School Experience, will find that this elective provides a context within which to consider the practical issues associated with teaching literature and English language in schools.
Topics for this elective will centre on:
(a) the historical development of the teaching of English in Australia;
(b) the aims, content and methodology of English in Australia, particularly in secondary school curricula:
(c) the uses of English in the community, including a consideration of the concept of literacy.
A range of approaches to teaching and learning will be used in the classes held, including formal approaches, group work, seminars, workshops and individual papers.
Books Reference:
ACER Australian Studies in School Performance: Literacy and Numeracy in Australian Schools Vols 1-3 Canberra: AGPS 1976-77
Barnes, D, Britton, J & Rosen, H Language, the Learner, and the School Harmondsworth: Penguin 1971
Committee of Inquiry into Reading and the Use of English (UK) A Language for Life (Bullock Report) London: HMSO 1975
Crocker, W J & Gill, M (eds) English in Teacher Education Armidale (NSW): Univ of New England 1977
Saunders, M Developments in English Teaching London: Open Books 1976 Whitehead, F The Disappearing Dais London: Chatto & Windus 1966 Assessment
Assessment for English B will be based on tests, essays and class papers, and on examinations at the end of the year.
Additional information: Inquiries should be directed to Mr A N Cocks, room 526, ERC.
ENGLISH C (ENC00) 12
pointsA subject of four or five hours a week throughout the year. Attendance at tutorials is obligatory unless other arrangements are made.
Each student will undertake a study of the core course in literature and language, together with one elective element chosen from those listed in Section B.
There will be some informal work in areas such as creative writing and adolescent literature.
Prerequisite: English B or an approved equivalent.
SECTION A: CORE STUDIES LITERATURE
Syllabus
The study of selected poetry, prose and drama from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
Books
Preliminary Reading:
Holbrook, D English for Maturity London: OUP 1967
Leavis, F R The Common Pursuit Harmondsworth: Penguin 1973
Thompson, D (ed) Discrimination and Popular Culture Harmondsworth: Penguin 1970 Prescribed:
'Hollander, J & Kermode, F leds) The Literature of Renaissance England (The Oxford Anthology of English Literature Part 2) New York: OUP 1973
'Price, M led) The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century (The Oxford Anthology of English Literature Part 3) New York: OUP 1973
Much of the work in the subject is based on the above volumes which include the complete texts of two plays to be studied: Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, and The
Tempest by William Shakespeare. Students making a special study of a particular author will generally need a more comprehensive collection of the author's works than the anthology provides; in these cases the following texts are recommended:
Muir, K led) Collected Poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt London: RKP 1949
Warnke, R led) Donne: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose New York: Random House Parfitt, J led) Ben Jonson — The Complete Poems Harmondsworth: Penguin 1975 Summers, J H led) George Herbert New York: Signet 1964
Donno, E S led) Andrew Marvell — The Complete Poems Harmondsworth: Penguin 1976 All students must also have the following texts:
`Shakespeare, W Antony and Cleopatra New York: Signet 1964
*Shakespeare, W Hamlet New York: Signet
• Shakespeare, W Henry IV, Part 1 New York: Signet 1964
• Shakespeare, W Troilus and Cressida New York: Signet 1963
*Shakespeare, W Sonnets New York: Signet 1964
•Jonson, B Volpone in Three Comedies Harmondsworth: Penguin 1966
• Middleton, T The Changeling in Salgado, G led) Three Jacobean Tragedies Harmondsworth: Penguin 1966
*Milton, J Paradise Lost New York: Rinehart 1951
• Pope, A Complete Poems London: Methuen 1963 or Collected Poems London:
Everyman 1963
• Swift, J Gulliver's Travels Harmondsworth: Penguin 1970