Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Class hours

1L, 1.5T

Assessment methods

Tutorial attendance and participation, online quizzes, short and long essays, central exam

Course enquiries

Dr Jennifer Clement

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

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Course description

ENGL1800 is grounded in canonical literary works in English from the mediaeval period to the late twentieth century. It surveys and explores high points in the English literary tradition at the same time as it helps students develop the skills and concepts required for the interpretation and critical study of literature. We have chosen texts that are pleasurable and exciting to read and discuss, and that at the same time illustrate core concepts from genre to narrative to rhetoric. In the course of the semester, you will read Beowulf, Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', Shakespeare's 'King Lear', Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels', Joyce's "The Dead", Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea', Morrison's 'Beloved', and a wide range of poetry.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile