ENGL2654 Novel Worlds (University of Sydney): rated 3.8/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
ENGL2654 is a University of Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in English and Writing. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 小说世界
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: English and Writing
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
This unit of study explores the rise of novel reading in English as an educative, aesthetic and passionate practice from the 17th century to the present. The unit moves chronologically to examine how novels and the world came to be understood as mutually constitutive, how novels create and sustain attachments amongst their readers, how the genre of the novel became available for interrogations of national, gendered, racial, sexual and class identity, of liberty and intelle…
ENGL2654 has 4 scored reviews: overall 3.8/5 · usefulness 3.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.5 stars); 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.1/5).
On Reddit: "Both are good, ENGL2654 definitely has a lot of reading, but is quite a rewarding subject. It goes slightly more in depth than 1013, but is a bit more constrained in that it looks at novels, and the foundation of the novel is very western focused. Personally I would go with 2654…"
On Reddit: "I did novel worlds and loved it, bear in mind I did it like two years ago though. The texts were more modern and far more diverse (my lecturer specialised in postcolonial literature, not sure if she's still teaching it). If reading English texts written by non-white authors is s…"
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Q: Is ENGL2654 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: usefulness 3.5/5, overall 3.8/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ENGL2654, and when is it offered?
A: ENGL2654 is taught by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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