ENGLISH

Introduction - Key Contacts  - Undergraduates  -   Honours  -  Postgraduates

Introduction

The English Program at the ANU offers a wide range of courses in English literary studies from the late sixteenth century to the present day. Students have the opportunity to take courses in all the major fields of British literary studies, including early modern, eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century British literature, covering the Renaissance, Enlightenment, Romanticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. There are courses in Australian, American, Scottish, postcolonial, and transnational literatures in English. There are theory and criticism, gender, cultural studies, contemporary literature, and interdisciplinary courses. The Program offers several literature-on-screen courses, an Australian film course, and courses in creative writing.

The English program at ANU is fortunate in its proximity to several of Australia’s national cultural institutions. The nearby National Library of Australia has excellent resources for research, especially in Australian literature and in Eighteenth-Century British literature. The English Program has particular research and teaching strengths in Australian literature, Asian-Australian writing and transnational literatures, and in British and Irish eighteenth century and Romantic literary studies.

Key Contacts

Dr Simon Haines (Reader)
Dr Ian Higgins (Reader and Head of English Program)
Dr Jacqueline Lo (Reader and Head of School of Humanities)
Dr Lucy Neave (Lecturer)
Dr Monique Rooney (Associate Lecturer and English Honours Convenor)
Professor Gillian Russell (Reader)
Dr Russell Smith (Lecturer and Postgraduate Convenor, Literature, Screen and Theatre Studies)

For further details see Our People page

Undergraduates

For information on majoring in English at ANU see Study@ANU.
A summary of undergraduate courses offered for 2010 can also be found at Study@ANU.


Honours

The Honours year is an exciting, challenging and rewarding course of study.

For information on Honours entry requirements and applications, as well as rules and guidelines see the College of Arts and Social Sciences information for prospective students and current students.

Honours Application

For further information contact the Honours Convenor Monique Rooney (Monique.Rooney@anu.edu.au).

Postgraduates

There are a wide range of opportunities at postgraduate level for studying English.  The diverse range of academic staff means that we are able to accommodate and supervise a variety of research interests.  Postgraduate studies can take the form of coursework or research or a combination of both.  For further details see:

• Graduate Diploma specializing in English
• Master of Arts specializing in English
• Doctor of Philosophy

A summary of postgraduate courses offered for 2010 can be found at Study@ANU.