Bachelor of Arts (English Literatures)
The English major introduces students to a broad range of
literary texts - novels, poetry, essays, drama, short stories,
film, diaries, letters - drawn from medieval to contemporary
popular culture. The major offers a rich international curriculum.
Students read literatures written or performed in English
from Australia, Africa, the Caribbean, New Zealand and the
Pacific, Canada, India, the UK. They are encouraged to enquire
into the politics of the production and reception of these
texts - to understand aesthetics and the valuation of literature
as related to questions of race, gender, sexuality, class,
and nation. The English major enhances reading, writing and
speaking skills, enabling students to analyse what they read
and articulate their response to reading with critical acumen
and cultural sensitivity. Within the major, students can range
broadly across genres and literary periods or they can follow
streams of subjects in areas including Australian literature,
Postcolonial literatures, Indigenous Australian/Canadian/New
Zealand literatures, Gender Studies, Literature by historical
periods. Further specialisation is possible within each stream,
e.g. Canadian within Postcolonial, or Medieval and Renaissance
within Historical, or Modern and Contemporary within Historical.
Interest in theory can also be followed through a combination
of gender, postcolonial and modernist subjects,
English is often combined as a double-major with Communication
and Cultural Studies, but students may combine it with any
other approved Arts major. It is often taken as the Arts major
in the Arts/Law double degree and it is an ideal second major
for journalism students in the Bachelor of Communication and
Media Studies.
English for teaching careers: Students intending
to teach in primary schools should take at least two English
subjects. Students intending to be secondary English teachers
need at least 28 credit points of English. In both cases,
one of the English subjects will need to contain the word
“Literature” in the title. (This regulation is
imposed by the NSW Education Department.)
Major Study
A major study in English Literatures is made up of at least 54 credit points: 6 at 100-level, 24 at 200-level and 24 at 300-level. Of the 54, at least 46 credit points will be in subjects having the prefix ENGL with at least 6 credit points at 100-level and at least 16 credit points at 300-level having that prefix. The remaining 8 credit points may be an ENGL subject or LANG305 or PHIL255 (see below). At 300-level, Pass Conceded or Pass Restricted grades will not accrue credit points towards the major.
Pre-requisites for 200- and 300-Level Subjects: To gain entry into 200-level English subjects students must
have at least 36 credit points at 100-level including at least
6 credit points of English (ENGL prefix). For entry to 300
level subjects, students must have at least 16 credit points
at 200 level, including at least 8 credit points of English
(ENGL prefix).
Minor Study
A minor in English Literatures will consist of at least 28
credit points from the Course Structure of the English Literatures
major. Not more than two subjects may be taken at 100 level.
Students may not cross-count any subjects from the minor in
any other minor or major study.
Honours
See Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Study Program
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Subjects
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Credit Points
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100-Level requirements for the major - at
least 6 credit points from the following subjects:
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ENGL113
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Contemporary Writing in Australia
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6
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ENGL120
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An Introduction to Literature and Screen Studies
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6
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ENGL121
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Text and Gender
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6
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200-Level requirements for the major - at least
24 credit points from the following subjects*:
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ENGL217
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An Introduction to Poetry
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8
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ENGL228
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English Renaissance Literature and Culture
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8
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ENGL229
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Romantic Literature
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8
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ENGL230
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Page to Stage: Modes of Performance
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8
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ENGL243
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Children's and Young Adult Fantasy Literature
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8
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ENGL244
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Children's Literature in Australia
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8
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ENGL248
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Chaucer
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8
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ENGL255
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Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture
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8
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ENGL259
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An Introduction to Canadian
Literature
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8
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ENGL260
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Nineteenth Century Australian Literary Culture
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8
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ENGL264
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Modernism
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8
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ENGL265
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English and the Empire
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8
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ENGL266
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Literature of the Victorian Age *(Note: this subject
rotates with ENGL229, so it will be offered in 2006)
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8
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300-Level requirements for the major - at least
24 credit points from the following subjects:
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Note : At 300-level, Pass Conceded or Pass Restricted
grades will not accrue credit points towards the major.
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ENGL312
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Shakespeare, Jonson and Early Modern Dramatic Literature
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8
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ENGL334
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Critical Theory: Development and Debates
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8
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ENGL337
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Sex, Power and Chivalry: Medieval to Modern Literature
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8
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ENGL345
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Twentieth Century Women's Literature
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8
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ENGL346
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Contemporary Canadian Australian Literatures
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8
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ENGL350
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Fantasy and Popular Fiction
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8
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ENGL355
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Fourteenth Century Literature
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8
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ENGL365
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Nineteenth Century Women's Literature
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8
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ENGL366
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Black Writing from Africa, the US and the Caribbean
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8
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ENGL373
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Pacific Literature
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8
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ENGL374
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From Page to Screen
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8
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ENGL375
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Australia Fair: Nation, 'Race' and Culture
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8
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ENGL376
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Representing India
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8
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*Other approved subjects:
Students may count ONE of the following subjects towards
the English Literatures major. Students wishing to enrol
in these subjects must satisfy the subject prerequisites.
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LANG305
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Literature and Society in Renaissance Europe
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8
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PHIL255
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Interpretation and Communication A
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8
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