English Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest English
Major code ENGL-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

The English major at the ANU offers a wide range of courses reflecting the diversity of the discipline of literary studies in English. There are courses in all the main fields of post-medieval British literary studies from the late sixteenth century to the present day, including the Early Modern, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century, Romantic and Victorian, Modern and Contemporary periods. There are courses in Australian, US, postcolonial and transnational literatures in English; in literary and cultural theory; in drama, film, new media, and creative writing. English 1000 level-courses introduce students to major genres and modes of writing and to literary-critical practice. English 2000/3000 level courses enable students to broaden and develop their knowledge and enjoyment of literature in a variety of important specialist fields.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Due to structural changes in the undergraduate program rules in 2012, the courses that make up the new 2012 majors may be different to the pre-2012 majors, and therefore some courses cannot be counted between majors. Students are advised to contact the CASS Student Office if they are unsure about their Majors.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the English major a student will have:

acquired knowledge of major authors, works, and genres in several important fields of literary studies in English
acquired knowledge of the diverse historical and cultural contexts in which English literature has been written and shaped.
enhanced capacity to analyze literary texts and their contexts
developed skills of critical inquiry, interpretation and evaluation, argument, and written expression
knowledge and skills to undertake further study within the discipline

Relevant Degrees

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ENGL1013	Reading across Time and Space: Literary Contexts	6
ENGL1014	Close Encounters: How to Read Literature	6

A minimum of 36 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ENGL2083	Foundations of Drama	6
ENGL2115	20th Century American Drama	6
ENGL2108	Modern Australian Drama	6
ENGL2005	Nineteenth Century US Literature	6
ENGL2006	Modern American Fiction	6
ENGL2008	19th and 20th Century Literature	6
ENGL2009	Introduction to Literary Theory	6
ENGL2011	Contemporary Australian Writing	6
ENGL2012	Renaissance Drama	6
ENGL3007	Post-Colonial Literature	6
ENGL2055	Shakespeare and Film	6
ENGL2061	Victorian Literature	6
FILM2066	Australian Cinema: The Kelly Gang to Baz Luhrmann's Australia	6
ENGL2067	Novel into Film	6
ENGL2068	Empire and its Fictions	6
	ENGL 2069: Modern Novel Into Film
ENGL2074	Jane Austen History and Fiction	6
ENGL2076	Creative Writing	6
ENGL2077	Creative Writing 2: Story to Script	6
ENGL2078	Creative Writing 3: Advanced Fiction	6
ENGL2080	Modernist Literature 1890-1940	6
ENGL2081	Australian Crimes: Crime narratives on page, stage and screen	6
ENGL2082	Literature and Human Rights	6
ENGL2084	Poetry in English from Shakespeare to Postmodernism	6
ENGL2085	Strange Home: Rethinking Australian Literature	6
ENGL2101	Modern European Theatre	6
ENGL2115	20th Century American Drama	6
ENGL3005	16th, 17th and 18th Century Literature(H)	6
ENGL3006	European Narrative (English)	6
GEND2016	Writing Lives: Autobiography in Fiction and Memoir	6
GEND2024	Gender in Humanities: Reading Jane Eyre	6
LANG3003	European Narrative	6
LING2104	The History of the English Language	6
LING2020	Structure of English	6

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