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Sarjana Muda Sastera Inggeris
Jabatan Inggeris
Bachelor of Arts English
Department of English
Jabatan Inggeris mempunyai sejarah yang terbilang. Ia merupakan Jabatan Inggeris tertua di negara ini, dan boleh mengesan
permulaannya kepada penubuhan Fakulti Sastera di Universiti Malaya di Singapura pada tahun 1949. Jabatan Inggeris kemudiannya
menjadi salah satu jabatan pertama Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial ditubuhkan di kampus sekarang di Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur pada
tahun 1959. Identiti jabatan yang membezakannya daripada setiap Jabatan Inggeris yang lain di Malaysia, terletak pada komitmen
berterusannya dari segi pengajaran dan pembelajaran terhadap liputan pelbagai kesusasteraan, dari kesusasteraan tradisional British
(daripada Chaucer dan Shakespeare kepada Victorians dan Modernists), sehinggalah ke kesusasteraan Malaysia moden. Melalui
pengkhususan dan penyelidikan staf akademiknya, Jabatan ini menawarkan kepakaran dalam pelbagai bidang kesusasteraan, termasuk
kesusasteraan Zaman Pertengahan, kesusasteraan Renaissance, kesusasteraan Romantik, kesusasteraan Victoria, kesusasteraan Moden dan
Pascamoden, kesusasteraan Postkolonial (dengan penekanan dalam kesusasteraan Malaysia), kesusasteraan perjalanan, Ekokritik,
kesusasteraan Afrika, kesusasteraan Feminis, Drama moden, Teori sastera dan banyak lagi. Jabatan juga menawarkan kursus berasaskan
amalan seperti Persembahan Teater dan Penulisan Kreatif. Selain daripada program Sarjana Muda kami, jabatan ini juga mempunyai badan
pelajar pasca siswazah (program Sarjana dan Kedoktoran) yang dinamik. Pengajaran, penyelidikan dan aktiviti profesional kami juga
sentiasa aktif, dengan kehadiran ahli fakulti dan penceramah jemputan, serta penganjuran seminar dan persidangan di peringkat
kebangsaan dan antarabangsa. Kami pernah menganjurkan aktiviti akademik bersama para cendekiawan yang terkemuka seperti Michael
Pearson, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Scott Slovic, Ien Ang, Yasmine Gooneratne, Benedict Anderson, Harish Trivedi, Sukanta Chaudhuri dan
Pheng Cheah. Alumni terkenal yang telah memberi sumbangan besar kepada pembangunan negara termasuk Shirley Geoklin Lim, Razali
Ismail, K.S. Maniam, Chin San Sooi, Rebecca Santa Maria, Malachi Edwin Vethamani, dan Leow Puay Tin.
The Department of English has a distinguished history. It is the oldest Department of English in the country, and can trace its beginnings to
the establishment of the Faculty of Arts at Universiti Malaya in Singapore in 1949. The Department of English subsequently became one of the
first departments of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences set up on the present campus in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur in 1959. The
department’s identity, which proudly sets it apart from every other Department of English in Malaysia, lies in its continued commitment to
coverage of a broad range of literatures, from traditional British literature (Chaucer and Shakespeare to the Victorians and the Modernists), all
the way to modern Malaysian literature. Through its academic staff’s specialization and research interests, the Department offers expertise in a
wide range of literary fields, including Medieval literature, Renaissance literature, Romantic literature, Victorian literature, Modernist and
Postmodernist literature, Postcolonial literatures (with a strong interest in Malaysian literature), Travel literature, Ecocriticism, African
literature, Feminist literature, Modern drama, Literary theory and more. We also offer more practice-based courses such as Theatre
Performance and Creative Writing. In addition to our undergraduate enrolment, the department has a lively postgraduate (Master’s and
Doctoral) student body. Our teaching, research and professional activities are also regularly energized by visiting faculty and through the
convening of talks, seminars and conferences at both national and international levels. We have hosted distinguished scholars such as Michael
Pearson, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Scott Slovic, Ien Ang, Yasmine Gooneratne, Benedict Anderson, Harish Trivedi, Sukanta Chaudhuri and
Pheng Cheah. Notable alumni who have contributed significantly to the development of the nation include Shirley Geoklin Lim, Razali Ismail,
K.S. Maniam, Chin San Sooi, Rebecca Santa Maria, Malachi Edwin Vethamani, and Leow Puay Tin.
