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English
1020E -
Introduction to English Literatures and Cultures
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This course takes you on a journey through the genres, historical periods, and critical approaches to English. In lecture and small group tutorials, you will study major works of poetry, prose, and drama with attention to literary form and cultural contexts. Special emphasis on developing strong analytical and writing skills.
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Grade 12U English or permission of the Department. For part time students who have been admitted without the OSSD, this permission will be granted as a matter of course.
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1022E -
Advanced Introduction to English Literatures and Cultures
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This course provides an enriched survey of the major genres, historical periods, and critical approaches to English for students with a particular interest in literature and culture. In lecture and small group tutorials, you will study poetry, prose, and drama with special emphasis on developing superior analytical and writing skills.
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80% or better in Grade 12U English or permission of the Department.
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1024E -
Forms of Fiction: Introduction to Narrative
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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.
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Grade 12U English or permission of the Department. For part time students who have been admitted without the OSSD, this permission will be granted as a matter of course.
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1027F/G -
The Storyteller’s Art I: Introduction to Narrative
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Storytelling defines who we are and our relation to the community, the nation, and the world. This course explores the rich and diverse traditions of storytelling: such as, oral tales, short stories, classic fiction, and graphic novels. Instruction by lecture and tutorials; emphasis on developing strong analytical and writing skills.
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Grade 12U English or permission of the Department. For part time students who have
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1028F/G -
The Storyteller's Art II: Topics in Narrative
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This course explores a particular theme, mode, or genre of storytelling. Consult the Department of English for details of current course offerings. Instruction is by lecture and tutorials; emphasis on developing strong analytical and writing skills.
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Grade 12U English or permission of the Department. For part time students who have
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2017 -
Reading Popular Culture
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"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.
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2033E -
Children’s Literature
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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.
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2035E -
The Literature of the Bible
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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.
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2038E -
Canadian Literature and Culture
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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.
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2041F/G -
Special Topics in Drama
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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.
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2042F/G -
Shakespeare in Performance
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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.
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2043F/G -
Voice and Text in the Theatre
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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.
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2050E -
English Literature for International Exchange Students
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This course is restricted to international exchange students in the English Summer Immersion Program offered by Continuing Studies at Western. 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.
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2060E -
Contemporary Canadian Literature
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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.
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English 193 if taken in 1991-92.
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2071F/G -
Speculative Fiction: Science Fiction
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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.
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The former English 134E.
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2072F/G -
Speculative Fiction: Fantasy
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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.
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The former English 134E.
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2073F/G -
Speculative Fiction: Utopias & Dystopias
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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.
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2074F/G -
Mystery and Detective Fiction
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An introduction to the study of popular mystery and detective fiction through the reading of a selection of texts by writers from a variety of national literatures and historical periods, and using a variety of critical approaches. Major authors studied may include Poe, Doyle, Christie, Hammett, Engel, Grafton, Mosley.
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2090E -
Special Topics
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2091F/G -
Special Topics
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2092F/G -
Special Topics
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2093 -
Special Topics
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2094A/B -
Special Topics
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2095A/B -
Special Topics
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2200F/G -
History of Theory and Criticism
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An introduction to important issues in the history of literary criticism and theory from Plato to the twentieth century.
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2210F/G -
Contemporary Theory and Criticism
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This course builds on the historical foundations of English 2200F/G History of Theory and Criticism to concentrate on important issues in contemporary literary theory and criticism. English 2200F/G is recommended as preparation for English 2210F/G. For students planning to take English 3888E, English 2200F/G and 2210F/G are strongly recommended.
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2220F/G -
Studies in Narrative Theory
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An introduction to important issues and concepts in the theory and analysis of narrative from different periods.
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2230F/G -
Studies in Poetics
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An introduction to important issues and concepts in the theory and analysis of poetry from different periods.
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2240F/G -
Feminist Literary Theory
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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.
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2250F/G -
Introduction to Cultural Studies
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An introduction to cultural studies methodology and theory, and the history of cultural studies as a discipline.
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2260F/G -
National and Global Perspectives on Cultural Studies
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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.
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2261F/G -
Studies in the Construction, Performance, and Representation of Identities
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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.
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2262F/G -
Studies in Language, Literature, Media, and Social Practices
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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.
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2400E -
Dramatic Forms and Genres
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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.
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2420E -
Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Drama
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Selected plays from the Medieval period to the closing of the theatres in 1642. Consult the Department for offerings.
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2430E -
Shakespeare and Drama
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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.
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2440E -
Topics in British Drama: Restoration to Nineteenth Century
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Selected plays from the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 to late nineteenth century. Consult the Department for offerings.
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2450E -
Modern Drama
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A study of major directions in modern theatre and drama with special emphasis upon the plays of Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht, Beckett, and Pinter.
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The former English 271E.
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2460F/G -
American Drama
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An introduction to the study of twentieth-century American theatre and drama from O'Neill to the present.
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2470F/G -
Canadian Drama
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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.
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2500E -
The Novel
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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.
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2510F/G -
Topics in Poetry
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A study of English poetry in a variety of particular contexts: e.g., genre, historical period, culture, or author.
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2520E -
Contemporary Poetry in English
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Detailed study of some British, American, and Canadian poets from 1945 to the present.
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2525F/G -
Speculative Fiction: Special Topics
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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.
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2535F/G -
Speculative Fiction: Special Topics
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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.
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2600F/G -
Literature of the Bible
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The course is based on Genesis, Exodus, Samuel, and Kings. Other parts of the Bible are examined as interpretive responses to these books.
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2610F/G -
Special Topics in English
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2620F/G -
Special Topics in English
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2680F/G -
Sport in Literature
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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.
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2700E -
Women & Literature: Special Topics
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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.
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2705F/G -
Women & Literature: Special Topics
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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.
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2715F/G -
Women & Literature: Special Topics
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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.
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2998E -
Creative Writing
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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.
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The former Writing 110E.
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At least 60% in 1.0 of English 1020E or 1022E or 1024E or 1027F/G and 1028F/G or 1035E or 1036E or permission of the Department. Permission of the instructor; samples of creative work to be submitted in February (exact date available from Department).
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3001 -
History of the English Language
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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.
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3012 -
Old English Language and Literature
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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.
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3114E -
Medieval Language and Literature
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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.
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3115E -
Topics in Medieval Language and Literature
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This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this historical period, but narrower in focus than English 3114E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
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3224E -
Renaissance Literature
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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.
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3225E -
Topics in Renaissance Literature
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This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to this historical period, but narrower in focus than English 3224E. It may concentrate on a shorter historical span, a particular genre, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
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3334E -
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
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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.
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3335E -
Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
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3444E -
Nineteenth-Century Literature
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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.
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3445E -
Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature
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Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature
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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.
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3555E -
Topics in Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature
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3664E -
American Literature
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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.
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3665E -
Topics in American Literature
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3774E -
Canadian Literature
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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.
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3775E -
Topics in Canadian Literature
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First Nations Literatures
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North American aboriginal texts in English. The course may include a variety of genres, including oral traditions, narrative, poetry, drama, and film.
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3884E -
Postcolonial Literature
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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.
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3885E -
Topics in Postcolonial Literature
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This course will be broad enough to provide an introduction to Postcolonial Literature, but narrower in focus than English 3884E. It may concentrate on a particular geographical area, or use some other principle of selection. Consult the Department for offerings.
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English
3888E -
Advanced Studies in Theory and Criticism
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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.
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English
3889E -
Advanced Topics in Cultural Studies
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Intensive study of specific areas of cultural studies and of debates within cultural theory.
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English
3900F/G -
Special Topics in English
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Please consult Department for current offerings.
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English
3910F/G -
Special Topics in English
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English
3911F/G -
Special Topics in English
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English
3912F/G -
Special Topics in English
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English
3913F/G -
Special Topics in English
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English
3914F/G -
Special Topics in English
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English
3915E -
Special Topics in English
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The former English 290E.
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English
4000E-4030E -
Seminar in Literary Studies
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Topics will vary from year to year. Please consult Department for current offerings.
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English
4040F/G-4060F/G -
Seminar in Literary Studies
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English
4100 -
Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
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4110E -
Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
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English
4120F/G -
Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
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4130A/B -
Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
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4140F/G -
Seminar in Medieval Language and Literature
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4200E-4210E -
Seminar in Renaissance Literature
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4220F/G-4240F/G -
Seminar in Renaissance Literature
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4300E-4310E -
Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
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4320F/G-4340F/G -
Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
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4400E-4410E -
Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
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4420F/G-4440F/G -
Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature
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4500E-4510E -
Seminar in Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature
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4520F/G-4540F/G -
Seminar in Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature
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4600E-4610E -
Seminar in American Literature
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4620F/G-4640F/G -
Seminar in American Literature
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4700E-4710E -
Seminar in Canadian Literature
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4720F/G-4740F/G -
Seminar in Canadian Literature
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4800E-4810E -
Seminar in Drama
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4820F/G-4840F/G -
Seminar in Drama
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4998E -
Seminar in Creative Writing
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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.
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