Literary Classics: Texts and Traditions (ENGL1800)
Information valid for Semester 1, 2025
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Attendance mode
In Person
Class hours
1L 1.5T
Assessment methods
Assignments, examination, tutorial attendance & participation
Course enquiries
Doctor Emma Simpson-Weber (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
| Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
| Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) | St Lucia | In Person | Course Profile |
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Course description
Featuring a range of classic or canonical literary works in English from medieval times to the late twentieth-century, this is a foundation course for further study in English literature past and present. Authors may include the Beowulf poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, John Keats, James Joyce, Toni Morrison, Jean Rhys, Philip Larkin, and others. During this course students are introduced to influential critical and theoretical concepts for the study of literature.
