A study of poetry, fiction, drama and essays published in the twenties and thirties, including significant departures in literary form in works by...
An examination of various forms of fictional and non-fictional prose narratives. Works may include autobiography, biography, contemporary films,...
A study of traditional and current issues in the theory of criticism and literary history. The theoretical approaches to be examined normally include...
Consult the Department of English for current offerings.†† Notes Irregular course
An examination of literary representations of physical, economic, social and political instabilities and upheavals. The course will consider ways in...
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...
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 20th century. Exclusions EN335, EN336*.
An examination of current human rights discourse through a variety of cultural forms (e.g., literature, film, visual arts, Webmedia, music, legal...
A study of the rise of the novel from its beginning as "true history," factual fiction, travel narrative and romance to the development of genres such...
A critical and cultural survey of the flourishing of the novel as a literary form during the Romantic and Victorian periods. Six representative works...
Development of the novel since 1900 with emphasis on social context and on developments in theme and technique.†
By the time the British Empire had reached its zenith in the late 19th century, the imperial enterprise also exerted a powerful hold on the British...
A study of medieval drama and its impact on contemporary culture. Exclusions ML350.
Specific exercises in various modes and forms guide writers to an exploration of the language and structure of poetry. Exclusions EN331*....
Structure, plot, diction and characterization will be explored through writing and reading short stories. Exclusions EN331*.
A study of the grammar, linguistic background and cultural context of Old English, with an examination of texts such as elegies, feud narratives,...
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...
A study of mainly poetry, non-fictional prose and drama of 1660-1800, a period that has been described as the age of "tormented reason."...