English Literatures

The English Literatures major introduces you to a broad range of texts—novels, poetry, essays, short stories, film, diaries and letters—from medieval times to the modern. The major in English Literatures teaches you to analyse what you read with sharp critical skills and cultural sensitivity, and to articulate your response with power and precision. A strong international focus underpins our subjects and our ways of teaching them: you will be encouraged to enquire into the politics of the writing and reception of texts, and to understand aesthetics and the value of literature within a range of cultural contexts.

Within the major there are three structured study pathways, which students are encouraged to follow: these are Literature and History, Transnational Comparisons, and Literature and Identity. Alternatively, those students doing English as part of their Education degree, and others not wishing to follow the pathways, can study broadly across genres and literary periods. English may be combined 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 and Professional Writing students in the Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies.

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 credit points, at least 46 credit points will be in subjects having the prefix 'ENGL'. Students may substitute for an ENGL subject of equivalent level LANG305.

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) 

Other Information

Further information is available at:
UOW Course Guide
Email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au