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English Literatures
The English Literatures major introduces students to a broad range of literary texts--novels, poetry, essays, drama, short stories, film, life-writing, diaries and 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 U.S., and the UK. They are encouraged to explore the aesthetic, formal, and ideological dimensions of literature. The English Literatures 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 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)
Study Program
Subject Code |
Subject Name |
Credit Points |
Session |
100 level | |||
ENGL120 |
An Introduction to Literature and Film |
6 |
Autumn |
ENGL131 |
Film and Fiction |
6 |
Spring |
200 level | |||
ENGL229 |
The Romantics |
8 |
Spring |
ENGL243 |
Children's and Young Adult Fantasy Literature |
8 |
N/O 2013 |
ENGL259 |
An Introduction to Canadian Literature |
8 |
N/O 2013 |
ENGL264 |
Modernism |
8 |
Spring |
ENGL265 |
English and Empire |
8 |
Spring |
ENGL266 |
Victorians |
8 |
Autumn |
ENGL267 |
U.S Literature |
8 |
Autumn |
ENGL268 |
Dreams and Visions in Literature and Film |
8 |
Autumn |
ENGL270 |
Making Books: From Gutenberg to Google |
8 |
N/O 2013 |
ENGL280 |
Popular Fiction: Writing for children and young adults |
8 |
N/O 2013 |
300 level | |||
ENGL312 |
Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama |
8 |
Autumn |
ENGL337 |
Sex, Power and Chivalry - Medieval to Modern Literature |
8 |
N/O 2013 |
ENGL340 |
Special Topics in English Literature |
8 |
Autumn/Spring |
ENGL360 |
Desiring Bodies: Gender and Sexuality in Literature and Film |
8 |
Spring |
ENGL366 |
Black Writing from Africa, the U.S. and the Caribbean |
8 |
Autumn |
ENGL376 |
Representing India/the Pacific |
8 |
N/O 2013 |
ENGL377 |
Social Justice and Children's Literature |
8 |
Autumn |
ENGL380 |
Postmodern American Fictions and Theory: a Transatlantic Approach |
8 |
Spring |
Students may count the following subject towards the English Literatures major | |||
LANG305 |
Literature and Society in Renaissance Europe |
8 |
Autumn |
Other Information
Further information is available at http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/ or email: fac-arts@uow.edu.au