Faculty of Arts

English Courses

EN104 Strategies of Writing 0.5

General principles and practices of successful written communication, with emphasis on invention, purpose, audience, diction and organization.

Exclusion: EN102, EN103, EN105.

EN105 Writing at Work 0.5

The principles and practices of communicating in administrative and other working environments, with a focus on correspondence, memorandums and short reports.

Exclusion: EN102, EN103, EN104.

EN119 Reading Fiction 0.5

A critical exploration of short stories and novels with emphasis on the structural and narrative features of prose fiction.

EN120 Reading Poetry 0.5

An introduction to the critical study of poetic forms and techniques.

EN121 Reading Drama 0.5

A critical analysis of dramatic forms and traditions.

EN122* Survey of Major British Authors 1.0

An historical and critical survey of influential works in British literature from the Middle Ages to the modern period. (Distance Education course)

EN130 Reading Culture: Strategies and Approaches 0.5

An extension of the practices involved in reading written texts, literary and non-literary, to the interpretation of other cultural forms, (for example, film, graphics, TV programming). There will be some attention to theories that offer a general model for how meaning is constructed and exchanged.