A study of selected forms of poetry such as the sonnet, lyric, ode, elegy, song, rap, ballad, monologue and free verse.

A historical and/or critical study of Children's Literature in English. Possible emphases include formal literary analysis, the social and cultural significance of works written for (or adopted by) children, and relationships between image and text in illustrated books.††

A study of the main patterns of tragedy from its origins to the 20^th century.†

An exploration of many traditional and contemporary rhetorical techniques in a variety of texts. The course concentrates on the study of how examples of writing employ ideas of form, purpose, language and the arts of verbal persuasion.††

An introduction to literary stylistics – the application of linguistic theories to the study of literature. Selected texts will be explored in light of topics such as grammar and syntax, textualism (formalism) and contextualism (feminist stylistics, reader-response criticism).

A study of the main patterns of comedy from its origins to the 20^th century.

Consult the Department of English for current offerings.††

A study of the ways in which literature of various periods and nationalities functions to criticize its milieu. Emphasis will be placed on the specific socio-historic contexts and ideologies of the period in which the works were written.

Prose fiction of present and former nations of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, India, Africa and the West Indies.

Poetry and drama of present and former nations of the Commonwealth, including Australia, New Zealand, India, Africa and the West Indies.

Selected fiction, poetry and drama by United States authors whose major works have appeared in the period from about 1945 to the present.

A study of feminist writing, including drama, fiction, poetry, biography, memoirs, essays and journalism, with emphasis on the role of print culture as a forum for debate about women's rights in a given period.

A study of the influences and relationships between written/printed/literary texts and other media. Topics may include analysis of stage and film adaptations; television and video presentations; or paintings, photography and other popular forms.

An introduction to modern theories of language, structural linguistics, historical linguistics and comparative linguistics. The course will include study of phonology, morphology, grammar, semantics, syntax and other aspects of language. (Cross-listed as LL223.)†

The evolution of the English language with reference to the historical and cultural contexts in which it has developed and continues to develop. The course includes attention to Canadian English and its relation to General American and British English. (Cross-listed as LL224.)†

Women writers and women's writing, with illustration of the literature of different historical periods and a variety of literary genres. Some special attention will be given to feminist literary criticism and theory and to such questions as whether there is a uniquely "female'' literary imagination.

The images of women in a selection of fiction by women (and some men) writers in the past 200 years, focusing primarily on the changing attitudes to women and the corresponding development of new techniques of presentation.†

Theory and practice of writing, with emphasis on the fundamentals of journalism, and their relation to news reporting and the writing of promotion and public relations materials.

Advanced writing for students in all disciplines with an emphasis on writing as a problem-solving instrument in a variety of communication situations, professional and academic. Specific formats such as reports, proposals and short essays are explored in light of their adaptability to different audience needs, and as strategies of exposition and persuasion.

An exploration of the history of English in Canada and the development of standard Canadian English. Although the course offers a contextualization of Canadian English within the history of the English language, central topics include Elizabethan English and the English of the thirteen colonies, colonial varieties of English imported to Canada, the impact of British dialects on Canadian English and Canadian dialects. (Web-based course)

The focus of this course is Arthurian romance in the context of new technological developments important to students of English literature. Students examine the medieval origins of Arthurian romance as well as selected modern adaptations within multi-media environments such as internet web sites, CD-ROM databases and computer analysis software. (No prior knowledge of medieval literature or computers is necessary.)†

A study of the interconnections between gender and genre in selected plays drawn from all stages of Shakespeare's development as a dramatist.

A study of representative tragedies and history plays, with an emphasis on their dramatic, theatrical and cultural contexts.

A study of the thematic and cultural significance of works which use tropes of acting and performance, imagery of the theatre, and the play within the play to highlight issues of representation and gender.

A study of the development of Romanticism in England, with special attention to poetry and prose by Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. Selected novels from the period are also included.

A study of 20th-century literature before the Second World War related to the thought, life and historical events of the century. Some attention will be given to the development of modern criticism and to the relation between literature and the other arts.

Selected works by authors of major achievement and influence, such as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman and Dickinson, with emphasis on the 19^th century.

Selected works by major modern United States authors, such as Pound, Frost, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and Stevens.

Canadian life and imagination explored in significant works by such writers as Atwood, Laurence, Watson, Cohen, Wiebe, Munro, Ross, Buckler, Richler, Carrier and others.

Canadian life and imagination explored through the study of significant works.

Canadian life and imagination explored through the study of key works of theatre and drama in Canada.

A study of traditional and current issues in the theory of criticism and literary history. The theoretical approaches to be examined normally include historicism, formalism, structuralism, psychoanalytical criticism, feminism, deconstruction, post-colonialism, Marxism and cultural studies.

An examination of various forms of fictional and non-fictional prose narratives. Works may include autobiography, biography, contemporary films, travel narratives, diaries, romances or popular forms such as the detective novel and horror stories.

Advanced consideration of questions of form, content, and ideology in contemporary media, as these questions contribute to an understanding of the nature of media and communication within our culture and in relation to the traditional study of print media.

An advanced study of the means and methods of persuasion in written discourse, with emphasis on the various uses of rhetoric in essays, journalistic articles and literary texts.†

Consult the Department of English for current offerings.††

An examination of literary representations of physical, economic, social and political instabilities and upheavals. The course will consider ways in which transgressive acts against authority of the law serve to interrogate the boundaries between self and other, between a culture's desires and fears.

Plays by selected 19th- and early 20th-century dramatists. Special emphasis will be placed on Ibsen and Strindberg.

Recent prose, poetry, drama and fiction-theory contributions to literature in Canada by women from various communities and perspectives. Questions of gender and sexuality, ethnicity, race and class considered alongside contemporary developments in literary theory and practice.

A study of fiction by 20th-century women writers of racial minorities in America and Canada in light of current feminist theory.

An examination of developments in realism, expressionism and absurdist theatre in the 20^th century.

Writing assignments and exercises to develop sense of craft are assigned to increase critical awareness of the disciplined use of words in poetry and prose.

Intensive exploration of selected contemporary theories of literary and/or cultural studies.††

Chronological development of the novel emphasizing the inter-relationships of theme and technique.†

Development of the novel since 1900 with emphasis on social context and on developments in theme and technique.†

A study of late medieval writing, with special emphasis on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Attention is given to the period's diversity of genres and discourses; topics normally include narrative authority, generic orientation and cultural issues.

A study of a variety of literary genres and discourses of 16th-century England and of the interconnections between Humanism, the Protestant Reformation and cultural production. Attention may also be paid to the relation between literature, the visual arts, architecture and music; and to how literary and other art forms contributed to early modern constructions of the body, subjectivity and sexuality.

A study of a wide variety of canonical and non-canonical drama, poetry and prose by both men and women writers. The course includes attention to the material and cultural conditions of textual production. Texts are analyzed in relation to 17th-century debates about aesthetic, political and social issues.

The study of a wide variety of issues and topics in Restoration and 18th-century British Literature. Attention is given to both canonical and non-canonical authors. Topics may include representations of authority in Restoration theatre, neoclassical theories of literature, the rise of the novel, experiments in genre, and issues of power and gender.

A study of English literature of the Victorian period, including poetry, novels and non-fiction prose by major authors.

Post-modernist literature in English since World War II, chosen from Britain, Canada, the United States and the Commonwealth; parallels with other arts, including music, film and painting will also be examined.

A study of the grammar, linguistic background, and cultural context of Old English, with an examination of texts such as elegies, feud narratives, saints lives and erotic riddles.

A study of Old English literary works in the context of the language and culture, with an examination of texts which represent major traditions, such as the oral, heroic, mythological, historical and religious traditions.

An exploration of various theories of language, style, discourse and/or rhetoric. Topics studied may include the cultural history of the English language, stylistics, linguistics, oral and discourse theory in film, media, literary and non-literary texts.

Consult the Department of English for current offerings.

A study of selected texts which interrogate the representations, definitions and boundaries of femininity, masculinity and/or queer subjectivities. Of special interest is the relationship between societal norms, power and sexuality in the different periods and cultures which give rise to these texts.

An exploration of contemporary genre theory and generic practices. Topics may vary among the following: historical literary genres, modern literary and non-literary genres, hybrids and or/speech genres.

An examination of important pieces from the oeuvre of a major author. Topics may include: the career and development of the author; the ways genre, history and/or biography affect writing.

An exploration of a significant literary movement, rise of an intellectual tradition, or response of a group of writers to a specific historical event.

A study of the ways in which literary texts develop from, or respond to, particular literary, cultural, aesthetic, political, historical and/or social contexts.

An exploration and analysis of cultural signifying practices with respect to various textual forms including, but not limited to, literary texts, films, television, visual art and music. Topics may include representations of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, race and class.

A study of one or more significant theoretical schools. Examples may include psychoanalysis, deconstruction, gender theory, Marxism, postcolonial and discourse theory.

Individual study on a specialized topic, under the supervision of a faculty member.