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.
Learning Outcomes
- analyse texts by diverse authors and in different genres in several important fields of literary studies in English;
- evaluate the historical and cultural contexts in which literature in English has been written and shaped;
- analyse literary texts in relation to these contexts; and
- interpret, evaluate and make an argument about texts using appropriate written expression.
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
12 units from the completion of the following course(s):
ENGL1100 Secrets and Lies: Literature and the Self
ENGL1200 Imagined Worlds
12 units from the completion of the following course(s):
ENGL2015 - Creative Writing
ENGL2020 - Texts in Performance
ENGL2040- The Making of Literature: Topics in Literary Production and Reception
ENGL2067 - Adaptation: From Text to Screen
ENGL2068 - Empire and its Fictions
ENGL2077 - Creative Writing 2: Story to Script to Performance
ENGL2078 - Creative Writing 3: Advanced Fiction
ENGL2085 - Strange Home: Rethinking Australian Literature
ENGL2087 - Reality Effects: Truth, Representation and Narrative Form
ENGL2111 - Imaginary Journeys: Writing Travel in Australian Literature and Film
ENGL2116 - Televisual: Investigating Narrative Television
ENGL2222 - Great Writers: Gender, Authorship and History
ENGL3005 - Early Modern to Eighteenth Century Literature
ENGL3008 - Theories and Methodologies for Literary Studies
ENGL3021 - American Literature: Nature, Retreat, Experiment
ENGL3022 - Literature and Modernity
ENGL3036 - Victorian Literature
ENGL3037 - Literature, Law and Human Rights
GEND3016 - Writing Lives: Autobiography in Fiction and Memoir
LING2020 - Structure of English
LING2104 - The History of the English Language
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 1004: Intro to Aust Lit | ||
| ENGL 1008: Intro to Novel | ||
| ENGL 1009: Exploring Poetry | ||
| ENGL 1012: My Generation: Narratives |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 2005: 19th Century US Literature | ||
| ENGL 2006: Modern American Fiction | ||
| ENGL 2008: 19th & 20th C Lit | ||
| ENGL 2009: Intro to Literary Theory | ||
| ENGL 2011: Contemp Aust Writing | ||
| ENGL 2012: Renaissance Drama | ||
| ENGL 3007: Post-Colonial Literature | ||
| ENGL 2055: Shakespeare and Film | ||
| ENGL 2061: Victorian Literature | ||
| FILM 2066: Australian Cinema: Kelly Gang | ||
| ENGL2067 | Adaptation: From Text to Screen | 6 |
| ENGL2068 | Empire and its Fictions | 6 |
| ENGL 2069: Modern Novel Into Film | ||
| ENGL 2074: Jane Austen Hist & Fict | ||
| ENGL 2076: Creative Writing | ||
| ENGL2077 | Creative Writing 2: Story to Script to Performance | 6 |
| ENGL2078 | Creative Writing 3: Advanced Fiction | 6 |
| ENGL 2080: Modernist Literature 1890-1940 | ||
| ENGL 2081: Australian Crimes | ||
| ENGL 2082: Literature and Human Rights |
