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English 020E, Introduction to Literature and Composition
Description: An introduction to selected major works of literature in English by such authors as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, Twain and Joyce, indicating by lecture and discussion the historical range and variety of that literature (poetry, drama, fiction). Emphasis will be placed on the development of skills in reading and writing.
Antirequisite(s): English 022E, English 025E.
Prerequisite(s): OAC1 English or Grade 12U English or permission of the Department. For part time students who have been admitted without the OSSD or Grade 13, this permission will be granted as a matter of course.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 022E, Intensive Introduction to Literature and Composition
Description: An introduction to literature for students with a particular interest in English and a willingness to do additional reading. Major authors studied may include Sophocles, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, and Beckett.
Antirequisite(s): English 020E, English 025E.
Prerequisite(s): 80% or better in OAC1 English or Grade 12U English or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 024E, Forms of Fiction: Introduction to Narrative
Description: An introduction to the study of a selection of fiction ranging from the Greek epic to the modern novel, including both short and longer forms; and a variety of fictional modes and narrative techniques. Major authors studied include Homer, Swift, Austen, Dickens, Dostoevsky, and Virginia Woolf.
Antirequisite(s): English 026E.
Prerequisite(s): OAC1 English or Grade 12U English or permission of the Department. For part time students who have been admitted without the OSSD or Grade 13, this permission will be granted as a matter of course.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 117, Reading Popular Culture
Description: "If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be writing for television." This course addresses the many forms of popular culture, including television, music, popular fiction and film, urban myths, and celebrities. The aim of this course is to encourage students to develop a critical understanding of all aspects of popular culture.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 133E, Children's Literature
Description: Readings from significant books written for children, selected primarily for literary quality. Some attention will be given to the historic evolution of "Children's Literature" as a separate class, but the principal aim of the course will be to consider the nature and development of the two major genres: nonsense verse and romance.
2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 1.0 course.
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English 135E, The Literature of the Bible
Description: A study of extensive readings in the prose and poetry of the Bible, including the Apocrypha, with supplementary readings in later literature. Attention will be given to genres, styles, structural and symbolic patterns, and the use of Biblical materials in later literature.
Antirequisite(s): English 205F/G.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 138E, Canadian Literature and Culture
Description: An introduction to as many images of our civilization as possible: poetry, prose, fiction, social documentaries, plays, autobiographies. Texts are chosen from works in both English and French (in translation). This material is informally related to our painting, music and films through the use of slides and tapes.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 141F/G, Special Topics in Drama
Description: In this course, students participating in a major Western theatre production explore in theory and practice approaches to text in performance. Only students working as an actor, director, stage manager, assistant stage manager, lighting, set or costume designer may enrol. Permission of the Chair of Undergraduate Studies required to enrol.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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English 142F/G, Shakespeare in Performance
Description: An historical, theoretical, and analytical introduction to Shakespeare's plays in performance. This course focuses on specific problems related to past productions and to those in the current Stratford Festival season. Class meets for three hours a day, five afternoons a week, and includes attendance at Shakespeare productions. Summer Day only.
0.5 course.
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English 143F/G, Voice and Text in the Theatre
Description: A workshop in which students will experience, with simple, practical exercises, the ways in which Festival actors develop and maintain their voices and explore various aspects of the text they are performing. The class meets for three hours, four mornings a week. taught by Stratford Festival staff. Summer Day only.
Prerequisite(s): English 141F/G or equivalent
0.5 course.
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English 150E, English Literature for International Exchange Students
Description: This course is restricted to international exchange students in the English Summer Immersion Program offered by Continuing Studies. Students will be exposed to a range of poetry, drama, and fiction. Studies in Canadian literature, Shakespeare, Shaw, and First Nations literatures will be integrated with related cultural excursions.
10 hours per week for 6 weeks, 1.0 course.
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English 160E, Contemporary Canadian Literature
Description: An introduction to contemporary Canadian writing in both established and experimental forms. The focus of the course will be on recurrent themes, images, and writing strategies in Canadian writing from 1970 to the present, and on their relationship to both Canadian literary traditions and international currents of thought.
Antirequisite(s): English 193 if taken in 1991/92.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 171F/G, Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction
Description: From Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, a consideration of the history and development of science fiction. Will include science fiction themes such as the Other, new technologies, chaos theory, cybernetics, paradoxes of space/time travel, first contact, and alien worlds.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 134E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 172F/G, Speculative Fiction: Fantasy
Description: A study of the purposes and historical origins of fantasy, and modern developments in fantasy: alternate worlds, horror or ghost stories, sword & sorcery, heroic fantasy. May include writers such as Tolkien, Simmons, Peake, Herbert, Beagle, Rowling.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 134E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 173F/G, Speculative Fiction: Utopias & Dystopias
Description: An examination of major utopian and dystopian texts. Will concern ways in which humanity has tried to imagine a perfect world, fix the current world, or construct an exaggerated version of the world in order to demonstrate its flaws and weaknesses.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 134E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 190E, Special Topics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 191F/G, Special Topics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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English 192F/G, Special Topics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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English 193, Special Topics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 194a/b, Special Topics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 195a/b, Special Topics
Description: Please consult the Department for current offerings.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 201F/G, History of Theory and Criticism
Description: An introduction to important issues in the history of literary criticism and theory from Plato to the twentieth century.
Antirequisite(s): English 215a/b, English 491E or the former English 200 or 201a/b.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 203F/G, Studies in Narrative Theory
Description: An introduction to important issues and concepts in the theory and analysis of narrative from different periods.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 204F/G, Studies in Poetics
Description: An introduction to important issues and concepts in the theory and analysis of poetry from different periods.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 205F/G, Literature of the Bible
Description: The course is based on Genesis, Exodus, Samuel, and Kings. Other parts of the Bible are examined as interpretive responses to these books.
Antirequisite(s): English 135E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 208F/G, Topics in Poetry
Description: A study of English poetry in a variety of particular contexts: e.g., genre, historical period, culture, or author.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 100E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 209E, The Novel
Description: A survey of the novel, chiefly English and American, but including Continental texts, from Cervantes to the present day. Exploration of the nature of this genre is combined with critical examination of each work. It is wise to read as many of the texts as possible before the course begins.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 211, History of the English Language
Description: A study of the historical development of English sounds, spelling, grammar and vocabulary from the Old English to the modern period, with some attention to the qualities of the language as a medium of literature and culture.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 222.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 212, Old English Language and Literature
Description: The language and literature of pre-conquest England. Students begin by studying basic Old English grammar and simple prose to illustrate the nature of the language. After mastering the rudiments of syntax, students are equipped to analyze the poetry of the period, including Beowulf.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 220.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 214E, Medieval Language and Literature
Description: An introduction to some of the major themes and forms of Old and Middle English literature, with particular emphasis on Beowulf, Chaucer and his contemporaries, and the Arthurian tradition.
Antirequisite(s): English 217F/G and English 218F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 224E, Renaissance Literature
Description: Poetry and prose from the golden age of English literature: More, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Marvell, and Milton; examination of their individual achievements will be combined with studies of form and genre in the period, with developing theories about the nature of literature, and with the surrounding historical context.
Antirequisite(s): English 226E, English 227F/G, English 228F/G, English 236E, English 237F/G and English 238F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 232E, Shakespeare and Drama
Description: A study of Shakespearean drama, concentrating on eight plays common to all sections of the course. Each instructor will add a minimum of four Renaissance plays (at least two by Shakespeare) and may add other dramatic or nondramatic material, depending on individual emphasis.
Antirequisite(s): English 259E, English 260F/G, and English 261F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 233E, Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Drama
Description: Selected plays from the Medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 234E, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Description: A tumultuous age of trenchant satire, the beginnings of the modern novel, witty comedies of sexual intrigue, an eruption of forms of popular culture, the rise of the woman author, and a growing interest in nature, the imagination, and sensibility.
Antirequisite(s): English 245E, English 246F/G, English 247F/G, English 248E, English 249F/G, and English 250F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 244E, Nineteenth-Century Literature
Description: The course explores the continuities from the Romantics through the Victorians to the beginnings of the Modern period. Developments in poetry and critical theory from Wordsworth to Wilde, and in the novel from Austen to Hardy, are central concerns.
Antirequisite(s): English 266E, English 267F/G, English 268F/G, English 276E, English 277F/G, and English 278F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 252F/G, Sport in Literature
Description: A study of sport as portrayed through works of fiction, non-fiction, short stories and poetry whose central focus is sport. The principal aim of the course is to examine the nature and significance of sport through a survey of sport literature with an emphasis on the novel.
Antirequisite(s): Kinesiology 378F/G; The former Kinesiology 178E.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in an English program.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 253E, Postcolonial Literature
Description: A comparative study of fiction produced in countries that evolved from British rule to independent nationhood. The roles of the indigenous peoples and of women in each culture will be examined. Among the literatures discussed are those of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa, and Trinidad.
Antirequisite(s): English 242E, English 243F/G, and English 251F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 254E, Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature
Description: A study of the developments in fiction and poetry in the 20th century, with particular attention to the emergence of modernism in such writers as Yeats, Eliot, and Joyce and with attention to aspects of postmodernist fiction and poetry.
Antirequisite(s): English 202E, English 206F/G, English 207E, English 210F/G, English 213F/G, and English 219F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 255E, Women and Literature: Special Topics
Description: The course will focus on the representation of women in the literature of different historical periods, literature by women, the problematic of the female author, and the impact of feminist criticism on English Studies. Specific content will vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 256F/G, Women and Literature: Special Topics
Description: The course will focus on the representation of women in the literature of different historical periods, literature by women, the problematic of the female author, and the impact of feminist criticism on English Studies. Specific content will vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 257F/G, Women and Literature: Special Topics
Description: The course will focus on the representation of women in the literature of different historical periods, literature by women, the problematic of the female author, and the impact of feminist criticism on English Studies. Specific content will vary from year to year depending on the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 258E, Contemporary Poetry in English
Description: Detailed study of some British, American, and Canadian poets from 1945 to the present.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 275E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 264E, American Literature
Description: This course is a study of major works by significant American writers -- Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, James, Fitzgerald, Stevens, and Faulkner among others. The course deals with American Literature from the Puritan era to the present day.
Antirequisite(s): English 220E, English 221F/G, English 222E, English 223F/G, English 225f/g, and English 229F/G.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 271F/G, Speculative Fiction: Special Topics
Description: May include science fiction and film, science fiction and popular culture, Canadian science fiction, short stories, scientific theories and science fiction. Consult Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): one of English 171F/G, English 172F/G, English 173F/G or an 020E-level English.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 273F/G, Speculative Fiction: Special Topics
Description: May include science fiction and film, science fiction and popular culture, Canadian science fiction, short stories, scientific theories and science fiction. Consult Department for current course offerings.
Prerequisite(s): One of English 171F/G, English 172F/G, English 173F/G or an 020E level English.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 274E, Canadian Literature
Description: A study of the history of English Canadian literature from its beginnings in the literature of the explorers and settlers to its full maturity in contemporary times. The broad scope of the course enables the student to trace the imaginative growth of the nation.
Antirequisite(s): English 230E, English 231F/G, English 235E, English 239F/G, English 240F/G, English 241F/G, and the former English 281E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 275F/G, First Nations Literatures
Description: North American aboriginal texts in English. The course may include a variety of genres, including oral traditions, narrative, poetry, drama, and film.
Prerequisite(s): 020-level English or First Nations Studies 020E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 281F/G, Feminist Literary Theory
Description: An introduction to critical debates in twentieth-century feminist literary theory. Students will study (1) the diversity of feminist approaches to literature, literary production, the politics of language, questions of genre and subjectivity; and (2) the intersections among feminist literary theories, postcolonialism, Marxism, anti-racist criticism, queer theory, and post-structuralism.
Antirequisite(s): English 255E (except if taken before 1990-1991) and English 257F (1991-92).
Prerequisite(s): English 022E, 022E, 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 282F/G, Contemporary Theory and Criticism
Description: This course builds on the historical foundations of English 201F/G History of Theory and Criticism to concentrate on important issues in contemporary literary theory and criticism. English 201F/G is recommended as preparation for English 282F/G. For students planning to take English 300E, English 201F/G and 282F/G are strongly recommended.
Antirequisite(s): English 216F/G, English 316F/G, English 491E or the former English 200
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 283F/G, Introduction to Cultural Studies
Description: An introduction to cultural studies methodology and theory, and the history of cultural studies as a discipline.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E, or Film Studies 020E
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 284E, Dramatic Forms and Genres
Description: A survey of forms of drama and an introduction to the main principles of dramatic art, with selected aspects of dramatic history and dramatic genres and their development. Includes study of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Shakespeare, O'Neill, Brecht, Beckett and others.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 285E, Greek and Roman Theatre and Drama
Description:
Antirequisite(s): The former English 202E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
(See Classical Studies 270E for equivalent course.)
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English 286F/G, American Drama
Description: An introduction to the study of twentieth-century American theatre and drama from O'Neill to the present.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 287F/G, Canadian Drama
Description: An introduction to English-language Canadian drama and theatre history from ship-board theatricals of 1583 to contemporary Canadian theatre (with emphasis on the latter). Topics include political satire, symphonic expressionism, workers' theatre, regionalism, collective creations, docudrama, and feminism.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 288E, Topics in British Drama: Restoration to Nineteenth Century
Description: Selected plays from the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 to late nineteenth century. Consult the Department for offerings.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 242E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, 022E, 024E.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course
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English 289E, Modern Drama
Description: A study of major directions in modern theatre and drama with special emphasis upon the plays of Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht, Beckett, and Pinter.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 271E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 290F/G-297F/G, Special Topics in English
Description: Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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English 298E, Creative Writing
Description: A workshop intended to develop skills in creative writing through individually supervised assignments. Students should expect to produce a substantial quantity of work. Enrolment limited.
Antirequisite(s): The former Writing 110E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E. Permission of the instructor, samples of creative work to be submitted in February (exact date available from Department).
2 hour, 1.0 course.
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English 299E, Special Topics
Description: Please consult Department for current offerings.
Antirequisite(s): The former English 290E.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 300E, Advanced Studies in Theory and Criticism
Description: An advanced study of important topics in theory and criticism. Topics may change from year to year. More detailed information may be obtained from the Department prior to registration.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E. English 201F/G and English 282F/G, or the former English 200, are strongly recommended as preparation for this course.
3 lecture hours, 1.0 course.
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English 302F/G, National and Global Perspectives on Cultural Studies
Description: An examination of the history, practice, and goals of cultural studies in various national, para-national, and diasporic contexts, with attention to Australia, Britain, Canada, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Trinidad, and the United States, and to cultural studies contributions to critical and postcolonial theory.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 303F/G, Studies in the Construction, Performance and Representation of Identities
Description: An examination of the constitution, interpellation, and contestation of "identity" in literature, history, theory, and discourse; addressing from a cross-cultural perspective various issues of subjectivity, consciousness, identification, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, nationality, and class.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 304F/G, Studies in Language, Literature, Media, and Social Practices
Description: A multidisciplinary examination of some key instances of the social construction of value, including such issues as consumption, commodification, global trade, literary value, mass culture, science and technology, medicine, and the culture of everyday life.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 305E, Advanced Topics in Cultural Studies
Description: Intensive study of specific areas of cultural studies and of debates within cultural theory.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E. At least two of English 283F/G, 302F/G, 303/F/G, or 304F/G are strongly recommended as preparation for this course.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 314E, Topics in Medieval Language and Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this historical period, but narrower in focus than English 214E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 324E, Topics in Renaissance Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this historical period, but narrower in focus than English 224E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 334E, Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this historical period, but narrower in focus than English 234E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 344E, Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this historical period, but narrower in focus than English 244E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 353E, Topics in Postcolonial Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to Postcolonial Literature, but narrower in focus than English 253E. It may concentrate on a particular geographical area, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E..
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 354E, Topics in Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this historical period, but narrower in focus than English 254E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 364E, Topics in American Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this national literature, but narrower in focus than English 264E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 374E, Topics in Canadian Literature
Description: This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this national literature, but narrower in focus than English 274E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
Prerequisite(s): English 020E, or 022E, or 024E.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 400E-403E, Seminar in Literary Studies
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 404F/G-406F/G, Seminar in Literary Studies
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 409E, Thesis
Description: Individual instruction in selection of a topic, preparation of materials, and writing of a thesis. To take this course, students must apply to the Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English. Restricted to students in fourth year of an English program who have at least an 80% average.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
1.0 course.
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English 410, Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 411E, Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 414F/G, Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 415a/b, Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 416F/G, Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 420E-421E, Seminar in Renaissance Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 424F/G-426F/G, Seminar in Renaissance Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 430E-431E, Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 434F/G-436F/G, Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 440E-441E, Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 444F/G-446F/G, Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 450E-451E, Seminar in Twentieth-Century British Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 454F/G-456F/G, Seminar in Twentieth-Century British Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 460E-461E, Seminar in American Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 464F/G-466F/G, Seminar in American Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 470E-471E, Seminar in Canadian Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 474F/G-476F/G, Seminar in Canadian Literature
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 480E-481E, Seminar in Drama
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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English 484F/G-486F/G, Seminar in Drama
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
3 hours, 0.5 course.
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English 498E, Seminar in Creative Writing
Description: Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
Prerequisite(s): Two of English 201F/G, 203F/G, 204F/G, 281F/G, 282F/G, 283F/G, or the former English 200, or permission of the Department.
Permission of the instructor, based on samples of creative work to be submitted by February of the previous year.
3 hours, 1.0 course.
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