The Minor in English Literature at NTU will introduce students to a wide variety of literatures in English and provide them with a firm foundation in the methods and practices of literary-critical analysis and study. Students will be exposed to a variety of literatures, periods and genres, and will become acquainted not only with the literary texts, but also with their authors, the literary movements, and the contemporary cultural and historical cross-currents which influenced both author and text. In the process, students will acquire skills in critical analysis and interpretation, be introduced to literary theory and its uses, as well as the complex organisational and discursive skills involved in critical writing. Apart from foundational and progressively advanced study of the major literary genres or forms such as fiction, poetry and drama, special topic courses will also be offered such as Southeast Asian literatures in English, Children's literature and Science Fiction as electives. The English Literature Minor at NTU offers extensive training in critical thinking, advanced reading and analysis, and oral and written communication skills. It also addresses questions such as textuality, the social, cultural and political factors behind artistic production, group, cultural and national identities, and the relationship between the individual and society as well as human values It is thus an excellent concentration for students planning careers in fields as diverse as academic research, education, publishing, journalism, advertising, library science, public relations, business, and the civil service.

Students will be required to complete one Required Course (HL 101) and any four of the courses from the list below:
Level 100 Courses

HL101 Introduction to the Study of Literature (Course Outline)
HL102 Survey of English Literature I
HL103 Survey of English Literature II
HL104 Ways of Reading: Texts and Contexts
HL105 Singapore Literature & Culture I

Category A: Period Studies
HL201 Medieval Literature
HL202 Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
HL203 Renaissance to Restoration
HL204 Sensibility and Romanticism
HL205 Victorian Literature and Culture
HL206 Modernism
HL207 Contemporary Literature and Culture

Category B: Asian Literature and Culture
HL208 Singapore Literature and Culture II
HL209 Southeast Asian Literature and Culture
HL210 East Asian Literatures in Translation
HL211 Representations of Asia: Film and Fiction
HL212 Asian-American Literature
HL213 British-Asian Literature
HL214 Urban Culture Asia
 
Category C: Film and Theatre 
HL226 Approaches to Drama
HL301 Reading Films: Film Theory
HL302 The Politics of Film: Race, Gender, Class
HL303 Film & Literature
HL304 World Cinema
HL306 Modern Drama

Category D: World Literature
HL222 South Asian Literature in English
HL307 The New Literatures in English
HL308 Women and the New Literatures
HL309 Comparative Literature
HL310 European Literature
HL401 South Asian Literature in English
HL402 African Literature in English
HL403 Australasian Literature
HL404 Irish Literature in English

Category E: Literary and Cultural Theory
HL316 Gender and Sexuality Studies
HL405 Literary Criticism: A History
HL406 Reading Texts: Advanced Critical Theory
HL407 From Cultural Theory to New Historicism
HL408 Postcolonial Studies
HL409 Popular Literature and Culture
HL410 Feminist Studies

Category F: Specific Interest Subjects
HL215 War in Literature and Film
HL216 Literature and Madness
HL217 Directed Study in Literature
HL218 Fantasy Fictions
HL219 Children's Literature
HL220 Creative Writing Workshop
HL225 Readings in Poetry
HL221 The Literature of Empire
HL311 Science Fiction
HL312 Texts and the City
HL313 Postmodernism?
HL315 Science and Literature
HL324 Contemporary Women's Writing
HL411 Magic Realism
HL412 Modern Poetry
HL413 Advanced Study in Literature & Culture
HL419 Advanced Studies in Victorian Literature & Culture
HL420 Advanced Studies in Modern Literature
HL421 Advanced Studies in Romanticism

Category G: American Literature and Culture
HL223 Introduction to American Literature
HL318 19th-Century American Literature and Culture
HL319 20th-Century American Literature and Culture
HL320 Ethnic American Literature
HL321 Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century American Literature
HL322 Contemporary American Literature
HL418 Advanced Studies in American Literature and Culture