Diploma in Vernacular Language (Fijian)

Special Admission Requirements:

• A working knowledge of Fijian.

Programme Requirements:

• The Diploma in Vernacular Language (Fijian) consists of 8 courses.

Courses:

1. LL161 (Fijian Language Studies I) - This course introduces students to the study of the Fijian language, its major divisions and varieties and the pivotal concepts of its grammar, as well as its relationship to other Austronesian languages.


2. LL162 (Fijian Orature/Literature I) - Topics to be explored include Fijian orality and literacy, performance and transmission, the language of song, genres in the verbal arts, oral stylistics and continuities and translated texts.


3. LL261 (Fijian Language Studies II) - This course builds on the work of LL161. The successful student will, by the end of the course, have mastered the main currents of grammatical discourse and analysis and gained a thorough appreciation of the Fijian language, studied both in its own contexts and in the wider context of Austronesian languages.


4. LL262 (Fijian Orature/Literature II) - This course develops the concerns of LL162 and further explores various critical issues regarding the provenance and interpretation of inscribed oral texts. It includes a detailed appreciation of different types of narrative and of poetry within the different vanua repertoires as well as in library and archival collections.


5. LL362 (Orality Literacy & Culture ) - This course builds on LL162 and LL262, studies in Fijian orature and literature in Fijian, in its various formations and contexts. LL362 invites students to specialise in selected verbal icons and institutions of Fijian culture, and challenges them to delve more deeply into the cultural symbols and metaphors that underpin ritual, ceremonial and cultural behaviour.


6. plus one 100-level course from;
• LL102 (Pacific Literature In English) - The course examines the growth of Pacific literature in English and appraises its themes, styles and significance through the study of a representative selection of work by Pacific Islands writers from the USP region, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand.
• LL108 (Introduction To Children's Literature) - The course examines the relationship between children and literature and analyses a range of books in various genres, written for children.
• LL122 (Introduction To Language Studies) - This course provides a general introduction to linguistics, which is the study of (i) language as a social and intellectual phenomenon, and(ii) the human languages of the world. Language plays an extraordinarily vital role in our everyday lives, and yet it is usually learnt and used unconsciously.
• or another 100-level course approved by the Head of School of nominee.


7. LL215 (The Teaching Of Pacific Language) - This course is offered in two versions: Fijian and Hindi. A student enrolled for a Diploma or major in Pacific Vernacular Language must take the course in the language identified in their program.


8. LL331 (Creative Writing II) - This course continues the work introduced in LL231, although students who have not completed LL231 are welcome subject to approval. It is intended to allow the student to concentrate on those areas of creative writing that he/she has found most engaging or is most interested in.

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