Studying in Sanata Dharma University

English Letters

Spring Semester | February – June

Course Description:

This course offers a study on various meanings and interpretations of culture. It describes Indonesian culture, its characteristics, history, language, music, literature, films, television, and newspapers. The purpose is to give a portrait so that students see and understand Indonesia.

This course aims at:

1. Understanding the characteristics and specific culture in Indonesia.

2. Promoting critical approach and analysis to the study of culture

3. Promoting openness to the differences in the midst of globalization and pluralistic societies.

4. Appreciating various values as the reference in multicultural societies.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce the study of Indonesian television, which begins with the history and social contexts in Indonesian television development. The topics discussed in this course are the social-cultural-economic-political representations in television programs. At the end of the course, the students can understand, explain, and analyze the following:

1. History and social contexts in the development of Indonesian television

2. Social-cultural-economic-political representation in television news programs.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course Description:

This course is designed to introduce various theories and perspectives of gender to analyze different English literary genres. Such an introduction is projected to reveal how literary tradition (and its system) functions as an arena of power struggles. Those critical studies and interdisciplinary analysis will show how language and literature play a crucial role in the construction of gender and the continuing social-cultural power struggle. This course aims to develop and familiarize students with key issues, questions, and debates in Women and Gender Studies scholarship, both historical and contemporary, and their contexts in literary studies.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Fall Semester | July – December

Course Description:

This course positions Indonesian literature as a signifying practice. Literature is not seen as a self-sufficient activity. Its development does not proceed merely within its literary system. Its formation is closely connected with the structure of power relations, eliminating the distinction between serious and popular texts. Moreover, it does not merely reflect the entity of Indonesia but also contributes to its creation. This course will give a critical overview of Indonesian literature’s constitutive texts, dealing with the question of under what circumstances Indonesian literature comes into existence. In addition, this course gives a critical evaluation of the representation of the world view of a particular social arrangement.

Course credit: 2 Credits

Course Description:

Film and Literature explores, compares, and connects elements of literature and film and examines the interplay between the two areas of studies. This course acquaints students with some major issues, analytical models, and interpretational techniques in literature and film studies. This class also explores various features, characteristics, and details of the film. The focus among others will be on (1) cinematic techniques such as camera work, editing, lighting, narrative, musical score; (2) social-cultural influences such as censorship, war, justice and injustice, taboos, politics, race, class, and gender. Furthermore, this course provides knowledge on film and literature and interdisciplinary theories and methods to write an undergraduate thesis on film scripts and screenplays or film scripts/screenplays and literature. Each class session starts with a lecture that presents materials and background information related to the literary work and the scheduled film. Afterward, the session is followed by the movie version of the work.

Course credit: 3 Credits

Course Description:

This course encourages students to understand the basic concepts and nature of literature for children and young adults, understand genres of literature for children and young adults, apply those understanding in the texts, and respond to each text accordingly. At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:

1. Explain the basic concepts and nature of Literature for Children and Young Adults.

2. Explain the variety of Literature for Children and Young Adults.

3. Explain the basic approaches to Literature for Children and Young Adults.

4. Appreciate and analyze Literature for Children and Young Adults and the humanity problems they represent.

Course credit: 2 Credits