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