Information for First Year English Students
First year English is offered on both the Hobart (Sandy Bay) and Launceston(Newnham) campuses as well as by Distance Education. You may study these units in any combination.
The available units are:
Semester 1
How are works regarded as classics within the English literary canon read today? Through a series of modules that focus on the ways in which canonical texts are told and retold, this unit introduces students to the work of close reading, critical thinking and writing practice. Students who successfully complete this unit will have built knowledge, gained familiarity with a range of theoretical approaches, and developed core skills on which to base further studies in English.
Unit coordinator: Dr Narelle Shaw
How do short stories, poems, plays, novels or films generate meaning? This unit explores some of the strategies we can use to unpack the assumptions and ideas conveyed by literary texts. It introduces students to the work of close reading, critical thinking, and creative and academic writing practices. Students who successfully complete this unit will have gained a foundational vocabulary and developed core skills on which to base further studies in English.
Unit coordinator: Dr Lisa Fletcher
This unit is available for study in the following modes on these campuses
- Internal; Sandy Bay campus
Semester 2
How do literary and film texts represent the world today? Through a series of modules that focus on popular fiction, literature and film, this unit introduces students to a variety of critical frameworks through which texts can be read. Students who successfully complete this unit will have built knowledge of specific theoretical terms such as race, nation, gender and genre, and developed core skills on which to base further studies in English.
Unit coordinator: Dr Robert Clarke
This unit is available for study in the following modes on these campuses
- Internal; Newnham campus
- External; Distance Education (Can be studied from any campus)
Why are certain texts regarded as classics within the English literary canon and how do we encounter them today? This unit considers the importance of tradition to the ways we value, understand and circulate popular and literary texts. Students who successfully complete this unit will have built knowledge of key critical frameworks through which texts can be read and contextualised, and developed introductory skills in academic research on which to base further work in literary studies, including creative writing and film studies.
Unit coordinator: Dr Dominic Lennard
This unit is available for study in the following modes on these campuses
- Internal; Sandy Bay campus
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