Course level

Undergraduate

Faculty

Humanities Arts Social Science

School

Communication & Arts School

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Attendance mode

In Person

Class hours

Seminar 3 Hours/ Week

Prerequisite

ENGL1800 (Literary Classics: Texts and Traditions) or ENGL1500 (Contemporary Literature: Reading and Writing).

Assessment methods

Seminar Preparation, Writing and Participation

Essay

Final Exam

Course enquiries

Associate Professor Margaret Henderson

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

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

ENGL2405 builds on the introduction to literary texts and the skills of close reading that you've received in the first-year course, ENGL1800. In ENGL2405 we start to explore some more general ideas about how literary texts work: how they're constructed, what they do, the questions they raise, how they circulate and function, and the ways in which they're cultural and social phenomena. ENGL2405 will familiarize you with some of the main themes, thinkers, and currents of literary criticism and theory, and give you scope in your research essay to explore issues of particular interest to you. It will also enrich any of the second-level courses you choose to do, and prepare you for the major's third-level options and Honours study.

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) 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