this subject now goes by "Literary Canons: Then and Now". this subject really really challenged me which at the start was really overwhelming. pretty much all the other students had done literature in vce but i was coming out of just mainstream english. there are a lot of readings to keep on top of. the lectures throw a lot of content at you although they are really engaging and interesting. but this all paid off when we started to complete assignments. the lectures and tutorials spent time on how to write university english essays, and we were also given additional resources outside of contact hours. it really got me into the hang of uni essay writing and i started to absolutely love it. my tutor was great, but more importantly i made an incredible group of friends from my tutorial and the discussions we all had in class were so so interesting, it would pain me everytime the tute would end because it would be just too short. challenging but incredibly rewarding introduction to uni english subjects.

Excellent introduction to a vast range of texts and genres. Gives you a good idea of what subjects you might like to pursue later in your English major. Most lecturers were incredibly engaging. The essays are a big step up from VCE, but once you master uni-level essay writing it's a lot of fun.

An interesting combination of literature and performance, however, it provided an excellent overview of both subjects. Very fast paced doing a text a week, if you like reading it's a benefit because all of the texts are interesting, however, it does take away from the analysis aspect of literature a little bit as you only study a text for one week. Tutorials were really laid back and very insightful, lectures were overall fairly engaging with the exception of the odd few that were a little tedious. While it departs from the VCE structure of literature in many ways, it is not all bad and definitely a worthwhile subject if you enjoy literature or performance. Assessments were a little vague at times. Overall, a thoroughly enjoyable subject.

Loved the subject - hard to keep up with if the books don't have online summaries and you haven't read them as it is fast-paced, but lecturers were generally interesting and knowledgable. Tutorials were fantastic and really helpful, but make sure you speak up and voice your ideas to make full use of them.

Overall, an interesting subject, but a big jump from VCE literature/english in terms of essay writing. Hit and miss with the lecturers - some were incredible, others incredibly boring.