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
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- 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.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
Code | Title | Units |
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ENGL1013 | Reading across Time and Space: Literary Contexts | 6 |
ENGL1014 | Close Encounters: How to Read Literature | 6 |
ENGL1015 | Creative Writing | 6 |
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
Code | Title | Units |
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ENGL2006 | Modern American Fiction | 6 |
ENGL2011 | Contemporary Australian Writing | 6 |
ENGL2038 | Revolution and Romanticism in British Literature, 1789-1832 | 6 |
ENGL2055 | Shakespeare and Film | 6 |
ENGL2067 | Adaptation: From Text to Screen | 6 |
ENGL2068 | Empire and its Fictions | 6 |
ENGL2074 | Jane Austen History and Fiction | 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 |
ENGL2083 | Foundations of Drama | 6 |
ENGL2084 | Poetry in English from Shakespeare to Postmodernism | 6 |
ENGL2085 | Strange Home: Rethinking Australian Literature | 6 |
ENGL2086 | Literature in the Digital Age: Theories, Texts, Methods | 6 |
ENGL2101 | Modern European Theatre | 6 |
ENGL2108 | Modern Australian Drama | 6 |
ENGL2115 | 20th Century American Drama | 6 |
ENGL2116 | Televisual: Investigating Narrative Television | 6 |
ENGL2117 | The Politics of Comedy from the Globe to The Office | 6 |
ENGL3005 | 16th, 17th and 18th Century Literature(H) | 6 |
ENGL3008 | Introduction to Literary Theory | 6 |
ENGL3021 | Nineteenth Century US Literature | 6 |
ENGL3022 | 19th and 20th Century Literature | 6 |
ENGL3034 | Queens and Tyrants: Gender and Power in Drama 1580-1630 | 6 |
ENGL3036 | Victorian Literature | 6 |
ENGL3037 | Literature, Law and Human Rights | 6 |
ENGL3052 | Marx, Nietzsche, Freud: Introduction to European Critical Theory | 6 |
GEND2021 | Trauma, Memory and Culture | 6 |
SCRN3002 | Screening the Real | 6 |