Minor in English Literature

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Minor in English Literature (Cohort 2021 onwards)

Programme Requirements

Pass at least 20 units of EN courses which include:

  1. EN1101E An Introduction to Literary Studies
  2. A minimum of 4 units from the following:
    EN2201 Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture
    EN2202 Critical Reading
    EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
    EN2206 The Arts and Social Justice
    EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
    EN2275 Writing about Literature
    EN2277 Love’s Word: Reading across Literature and Philosophy
  3. A minimum of ONE literature before 1800 course
  4. A minimum of 4 units of EN courses at level-3000

Note:

  1. Only EN-coded courses can be used to fulfil the EN Minor requirements.
  2. List of literature before 1800 courses:
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
    EN3220 From the "Age of Epic" to the "Age of TV"
    EN3221 The English Renaissance
    EN3222 The Eighteenth Century
    EN3226 Shakespeare
    EN3227 Romanticism
    EN3228 Women Novelists: 1750 - 1800
    EN3229 Shakespeare in His Time and Ours
    EN4221 Topics in the Seventeenth Century
    EN4222 Topics in the Eighteenth Century
    EN4227 Five Years in the Eighteenth Century
    EN4251 Jonathan Swift
    EN4880A Usurpation and Authority, 1558-1674
  3. Up to 8 units may be used to meet (i) the Minor requirement and (ii) another requirement, e.g., College, Faculty, Major, Second Major, Minor, Specialisation or other requirement.
  4. Please refer to the guidelines/requirements pertaining to the Minor programmes at the FASS Student Portal and the Registrar's Office (Minor programmes) website.

Minor in English Literature (Cohort 2020)

Programme Requirements

Pass at least 20 units of EN courses which include:

  1. EN1101E An Introduction to Literary Studies
  2. A minimum of 4 units from the following:
    EN2201 Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture
    EN2202 Critical Reading
    EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
    EN2206 The Arts and Social Justice
    EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
    EN2275 Writing about Literature
    EN2277 Love’s Word: Reading across Literature and Philosophy
  3. A minimum of ONE literature before 1800 course
  4. A minimum of 4 units of EN courses at level 3000

Note:

  1. Only EN-coded courses can be used to fulfil the EN Minor requirements.
  2. List of literature before 1800 courses:
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
    EN3220 From the "Age of Epic" to the "Age of TV"
    EN3221 The English Renaissance
    EN3222 The Eighteenth Century
    EN3226 Shakespeare
    EN3227 Romanticism
    EN3228 Women Novelists: 1750 - 1800
    EN3229 Shakespeare in His Time and Ours
    EN4221 or EN4221HM Topics in the Seventeenth Century (5 units)
    EN4222 or EN4222HM Topics in the Eighteenth Century (5 units)
    EN4227 Five Years in the Eighteenth Century (5 units)
    EN4251 or EN4251HM Jonathan Swift (5 units)
    EN4880A or EN4880AHM Usurpation and Authority, 1558-1674 (5 units)
  3. A maximum of 8 units from the minor can be used to satisfy the requirements of a major or another minor.
  4. Please refer to the guidelines/requirements pertaining to the Minor programmes at the FASS Student Portal and the Registrar's Office (Minor programmes) website.

Minor in English Literature (Cohort 2019)

Programme Requirements

Pass at least 20 units of EN courses which include:

  1. EN1101E An Introduction to Literary Studies
  2. A minimum of 4 units from the following:
    EN2201 Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture
    EN2202 Critical Reading
    EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
    EN2204 Reading the Horror Film
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
    EN2206 The Arts and Social Justice
    EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
  3. A minimum of ONE British Literature course
  4. A minimum of 4 units of EN courses at level 3000

Note:

  1. Only EN-coded courses can be used to fulfil the EN Minor requirements.
  2. EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2206, EN2207, EN2275, EN2276 and EN2277 are pre-requisite or co-requisite for level 3000 EN courses.
  3. A maximum of 8 units from the minor can be used to satisfy the requirements of a major or another minor.
  4. Please refer to the guidelines/requirements pertaining to the Minor programmes at the FASS Student Portal and the Registrar's Office (Minor programmes) website.
  5. List of British Literature courses:
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture (before 1800) (formerly EN3225)
    EN2206 Art and Social Justice
    EN3219 Twenty-First Century British Fiction
    EN3220 From the "Age of Epic" to the "Age of TV" (before 1800)
    EN3221 The English Renaissance (before 1800)
    EN3222 The Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
    EN3223 Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
    EN3224 The Twentieth Century
    EN3225 Late Medieval Literature and Culture (before 1800)
    EN3226 Shakespeare (before 1800)
    EN3227 Romanticism (before 1800)
    EN3228 Women Novelists: 1750 - 1800 (before 1800)
    EN3229 Shakespeare in His Time and Ours (before 1800)
    EN4221 Topics in the Seventeenth Century (before 1800)
    EN4222 Topics in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
    EN4223 Topics in the Nineteenth Century
    EN4224 Topics in the Twentieth Century
    EN4225 Asia and the Victorians
    EN4226 English Women Novelists 1800 - 1900
    EN4227 Five Years in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
    EN4251 Jonathan Swift (before 1800)
    EN4880A Usurpation and Authority, 1558-1674 (before 1800)
    EN4880B Modernism and Empire

Minor in English Literature (Cohort 2018 and before)

Programme Requirements

Pass at least 24 units of EN courses which include:

  1. EN1101E An Introduction to Literary Studies
  2. A minimum of 4 units from the following:
    EN2201 Backgrounds to Western Literature and Culture
    EN2202 Critical Reading
    EN2203 Introduction to Film Studies
    EN2204 Reading the Horror Film
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture
    EN2206 Art and Social Justice
    EN2207 Gender and Sexuality in Literature
  3. A minimum of ONE British Literature course
  4. A minimum of 8 units of EN courses at level 3000

Note:

  1. Only EN-coded courses can be used to fulfil the EN Minor requirements.
  2. EN2201, EN2202, EN2203, EN2204, EN2205, EN2206, EN2207, EN2275, EN2276 and EN2277 are pre-requisite or co-requisite for level 3000 EN courses.
  3. A maximum of 8 units from the minor can be used to satisfy the requirements of a major or another minor.
  4. Please refer to the guidelines/requirements pertaining to the Minor programmes at the FASS Student Portal and the Registrar's Office (Minor programmes) website.
  5. List of British Literature courses:
    EN2205 Late Medieval Literature and Culture (before 1800) (formerly EN3225)
    EN2206 Art and Social Justice
    EN3219 Twenty-First Century British Fiction
    EN3220 From the "Age of Epic" to the "Age of TV" (before 1800)
    EN3221 The English Renaissance (before 1800)
    EN3222 The Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
    EN3223 Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
    EN3224 The Twentieth Century
    EN3225 Late Medieval Literature and Culture (before 1800)
    EN3226 Shakespeare (before 1800)
    EN3227 Romanticism (before 1800)
    EN3228 Women Novelists: 1750 - 1800 (before 1800)
    EN3229 Shakespeare in His Time and Ours (before 1800)
    EN4221 Topics in the Seventeenth Century (before 1800)
    EN4222 Topics in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
    EN4223 Topics in the Nineteenth Century
    EN4224 Topics in the Twentieth Century
    EN4225 Asia and the Victorians
    EN4226 English Women Novelists 1800 - 1900
    EN4227 Five Years in the Eighteenth Century (before 1800)
    EN4251 Jonathan Swift (before 1800)
    EN4880A Usurpation and Authority, 1558-1674 (before 1800)
    EN4880B Modernism and Empire