English Minor

Total units 24 Units

Areas of interest English
Minor code ENGL-MIN

Academic career Undergraduate

The English minor 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.

On completion of the English minor a student will have:

acquired knowledge of major authors, works, and genres in several important fields of literary studies in Englishacquired 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 minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:

A minimum of 6 units must 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 maximum of 18 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
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
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
ENGL2083	Foundations of Drama	6
ENGL2084	Poetry in English from Shakespeare to Postmodernism	6
ENGL2085	Strange Home: Rethinking Australian Literature	6
ENGL2115	20th Century American Drama	6
ENGL3006	European Narrative (English)	6

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