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PENDAHULUAN / INTRODUCTION

Jabatan Bahasa Inggeris mempunyai sejarah yang The Department of English has a distinguished history.
tersendiri. Ia merupakan Jabatan Bahasa Inggeris It is the oldest Department of English in the country,
tertua di negara ini, dan boleh mengesan permulaannya and can trace its beginnings to the establishment of the
kepada penubuhan Fakulti Sastera di Universiti Malaya Faculty of Arts at Universiti Malaya in Singapore in 1949.
di Singapura pada tahun 1949. Jabatan Bahasa Inggeris The Department of English subsequently became one of
kemudiannya menjadi salah satu jabatan pertama Fakulti the first departments of the Faculty of Arts and Social
Sastera dan Sains Sosial ditubuhkan di kampus sekarang Sciences set up on the present campus in Lembah Pantai,
di Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur pada tahun 1959. Kuala Lumpur in 1959.

Identiti jabatan itu, yang dengan bangganya The department’s identity, which proudly sets it apart
membezakannya daripada setiap Jabatan Bahasa from every other Department of English in Malaysia, lies
Inggeris yang lain di Malaysia, terletak pada komitmen in its continued commitment to coverage of traditional
berterusannya terhadap liputan kesusasteraan British literature, from Chaucer and Shakespeare to the
tradisional British, daripada Chaucer dan Shakespeare Victorians and the Modernists. Through its academic
kepada Victorians dan Modernists. Melalui pengkhususan staff’s specialization and research interests, the
dan kepentingan penyelidikan kakitangan akademiknya, Department offers expertise in a wide range of literary
Jabatan ini menawarkan kepakaran dalam pelbagai fields, including Medieval literature, Renaissance
bidang kesusasteraan, termasuk kesusasteraan Zaman literature, Romantic literature, Victorian literature,
Pertengahan, kesusasteraan Renaissance, kesusasteraan Modernist and Postmodernist literature, Postcolonial
Romantik, kesusasteraan Victoria, kesusasteraan literatures (with a strong interest in Malaysian literature),
Moden dan Pascamoden, kesusasteraan Postkolonial Travel literature, Ecocriticism, African literature, Feminist
(dengan minat yang kuat dalam kesusasteraan Malaysia) literature, Modern drama, Literary theory and more.
, Kesusasteraan perjalanan, Ekokritik, kesusasteraan
Afrika, Kesusasteraan Feminis, Drama moden, Teori In addition to our undergraduate enrolment, the department
sastera dan banyak lagi. has a lively postgraduate (Master’s and Doctoral) student
body. Our teaching, research and professional activities
Sebagai tambahan kepada pendaftaran sarjana muda are also regularly energized by visiting faculty and through
kami, jabatan ini mempunyai badan pelajar lepasan ijazah the convening of talks, seminars and conferences at both
(Sarjana dan Kedoktoran) yang meriah. Pengajaran, national and international levels
penyelidikan dan aktiviti profesional kami juga sentiasa
bertenaga dengan melawat fakulti dan melalui We have hosted distinguished scholars such as Michael
penyampaian ceramah, seminar dan persidangan di Pearson, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Scott Slovic, Ien Ang,
peringkat kebangsaan dan antarabangsa Yasmine Gooneratne, Benedict Anderson, Harish Trivedi,
Sukanta Chaudhuri and Pheng Cheah. Notable alumni
Kami telah menjadi tuan rumah kepada cendekiawan who have contributed significantly to the development of
terkenal seperti Michael Pearson, Gayatri Chakravorty the nation include Shirley Geoklin Lim, Razali Ismail, K.S.
Spivak, Scott Slovic, Ien Ang, Yasmine Gooneratne, Maniam, Chin San Sooi, Rebecca Santa Maria and Leow
Benedict Anderson, Harish Trivedi, Sukanta Chaudhuri Puay Tin.
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 dan Leow Puay Tin.