In accordance with Senate's Policy Regarding Inactive Courses, the course descriptions for courses which have not been offered in the previous three academic years and which are not scheduled to be offered in the current academic year have been removed from the following listing. For information about any of these inactive courses, please contact the Head of the Department.
Lists of texts and readings for courses may be obtained from the Secretary of the Department of English. Courses for which there is insufficient demand will not be given.
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ENGL 1000 and 1080 are courses for students who have attained a standard in Level III English acceptable to the Department.
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ENGL 1001, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1110 are courses which may be taken by students who have successfully completed 1000 or 1080.
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ENGL 1000, 1001, 1080, 1101, 1102, 1103 are courses which may be taken by students who have successfully completed 1020 or 1030.
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Students cannot receive credit for more than one of ENGL 1000, 1080, or for more than one of 1001, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1110.
English courses are designated by ENGL.
100C
Survey of the English Language I
- inactive course.
101C
Survey of the English Language II
- inactive course.
102C
Survey of the English Language III
- inactive course.
102F
Foundation English
is a non-credit course designed for students whose first language is other than English and whose knowledge and use of English do not meet the standards for entry into the regular first-year English courses.
CH: 0
LC: 4 hours of lecture plus one hour conversation class
LH: 1
103C
Survey of the English Language IV
- inactive course.
1020
Writing for Second Language Students I
is an introduction to the use of English with emphasis on composition for non-native English-speaking students. This course is for students whose first language is not English and who have passed 102F or have attained a standard acceptable to the Department on the English Placement Test. Students who have passed ENGL 1020 may take as their second English course one of ENGL 1021, 1080, 1101, 1102, or 1103.
CR: English 1030, ENGL 1110. Students may not receive credit for more than 6 credit hours in first-year courses in English (this includes unspecified first-year transfer credits).
PR: Admission to this course will be determined on the basis of the departmental English Placement Test or successful completion of ENGL 102F.
1021
Writing for Second Language Students II
develops skills in critical reading and writing of academic English, with emphasis on research and writing syntheses from sources, for non-native English-speaking students.
CR: Students may not receive credit for more than 6 credit hours in first-year courses in English (this includes unspecified first-year transfer credits).
PR: ENGL 1020
1030
Writing
- inactive course.
1031
Prose Literature
- inactive course.
1080
Critical Reading and Writing I
is an introduction to such literary forms as poetry, short fiction, drama, and the essay. Emphasis is placed on critical reading and writing: analysing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, quoting and documenting, revising and editing.
CR: ENGL 1000. Students may not receive credit for more than 6 credit hours in first-year courses in English (this includes unspecified first-year transfer credits).
1101
Critical Reading and Writing II (Fiction)
is a study of such forms as the novel, the novella, the story sequence. Emphasis is placed on critical reading and writing: analysing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing.
CR: Students may not receive credit for more than 6 credit hours in first-year courses in English (this includes unspecified first-year transfer credits).
1102
Critical Reading and Writing II (Drama)
is a study of drama. Emphasis is place on critical reading and writing: analysing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing.
CR: Students may not receive credit for more than 6 credit hours in first-year courses in English (this includes unspecified first-year transfer credits).
PR: ENGL 1000 or 1020 or 1030 or 1080
UL: may not be used instead of ENGL 2002 as a prerequisite for entry into the Theatre-Drama specialization within the Major.
1103
Critical Reading and Writing II (Poetry)
is a study of poetry. Emphasis is placed on critical reading and writing: analysing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing.
CR: Students may not receive credit for more than 6 credit hours in first-year courses in English (this includes unspecified first-year transfer credits).
1110
Critical Reading and Writing II (Context, Substance, Style)
is an examination of prose texts such as essays, articles and reviews. Students write for different purposes and audiences. Emphasis is placed on critical reading and writing: analysing texts, framing and using questions, constructing essays, organizing paragraphs, conducting research, quoting and documenting, revising and editing.
CR: ENGL 1020, ENGL 1030. Students may not receive credit for more than 6 credit hours in first-year courses in English (this includes unspecified first-year transfer credits).
2000
Major Writers to 1800
is an introduction to the work of major authors by detailed study of selected texts. There is an emphasis on the various skills of essay writing. Some sections of this course may qualify as Research/Writing courses for the B.A. Core Requirements. Prior to registration a list of courses which may be used as a research/writing course will be posted on the website of the Faculty of Arts at www.mun.ca/arts.
CR: ENGL 2005
2001
Major Writers from 1800
is an introduction to the work of major authors by detailed study of selected texts. There is an emphasis on the various skills of essay writing. Some sections of this course may qualify as Research/Writing courses for the B.A. Core Requirements. Prior to registration a list of courses which may be used as a research/writing course will be posted on the website of the Faculty of Arts at www.mun.ca/arts.
CR: ENGL 2007
2002
Drama
is a survey of drama from the Greeks to the present day. Some sections of this course may qualify as Research/Writing courses for the B.A. Core Requirements. Prior to registration a list of courses which may be used as a research/writing course will be posted on the website of the Faculty of Arts at www.mun.ca/arts.
CR: ENGL 2350
2003
Poetry
is a study of poetry, which aims to increase the students critical understanding and appreciation of poetry, conducted through an examination of a wide variety of kinds and techniques.
2004
Short Fiction
is a study of short fiction which aims to give the students an appreciation of the short story as a literary form. The course will deal with the nature, history and development of short fiction by considering a variety of authors and stories.
2010
Introduction to Professional Writing
requires students to analyze published essays for their aims, strategies, and discourses. Students practice writing as a process of discovery in the context of a learning community: for instance identifying questions to explore, free-writing, finding a focus, drafting, peer-editing, revising, editing. Each student produces a portfolio of revised, edited work. This course qualifies as a Research/Writing Course.
2013
Twentieth Century Musicals
(same as Music 2013) is a survey of twentieth-century musical theatre. Selected works, presenting different styles and periods, will be examined in detail. There will be a strong, required listening/viewing component to this course. The ability to read music is not required.
UL: cannot be taken for credit by students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music program
2020
Comprehension, Writing and Prose Style II
2030
Comprehension, Writing and Prose Style
- inactive course.
2031
Modern Canadian Fiction
- inactive course.
2110
Survey of English Literature I
- inactive course.
2111
Survey of English Literature II
- inactive course.
2120
Introduction to Tragedy
- inactive course.
2121
Introduction to Comedy
- inactive course.
2122
Introduction to World Literature in English
introduces students to the significant body of contemporary literature written in English that stands outside the dominant British/North American canon. Authors addressed include writers of global significance such as Achebe, Rushdie, Coetzee, Walcott, Kincaid and Desai. Some sections of this course may qualify as Research/Writing courses for the B.A. Core Requirements. Prior to registration a list of courses which may be used as a research/writing course will be posted on the website of the Faculty of Arts at www.mun.ca/arts.
2150
Modern Canadian Fiction
is a study of representative Canadian fiction since 1930, including such authors as Ross, Buckler, Davies, Laurence, Atwood, Ondaatje and Findley.
2151
New Canadian Fiction
is a study of fiction of Canadian writers since the 1970s.
2160
North American Aboriginal Literature
will introduce aboriginal literature in a social, political and historical context. Beginning with the oral tradition (songs, narratives, legends, and orations), it will focus on different works by North American aboriginal writers: poetry, drama, short stories and novels.
2211
The English Novel from 1800-1900
is a study of representative English novels of the nineteenth century including works by such authors as Austen, the Brontës, Dickens, Thackeray, Gaskell, Eliot, Trollope and Hardy. Some sections of this course may qualify as Research/Writing courses for the B.A. Core Requirements. Prior to registration a list of courses which may be used as a research/writing course will be posted on the website of the Faculty of Arts at www.mun.ca/arts.
CR: the former ENGL 2200
2212
The Twentieth-Century British Novel
is a study of representative British novels of the twentieth century, including works by such authors as Conrad, Forster, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Waugh, Lessing and Murdoch.
CR: the former ENGL 2201
2213
The Twentieth-Century American Novel
is a study of representative American novels of the twentieth century, including such authors as James, Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Hurston, Morrison, Pynchon, DeLillo and Silko.
CR: the former ENGL 2201
2214
Nineteenth-Century American Fiction
is a study of representative American fiction of the nineteenth century including works by such authors as Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, Twain and Chopin. Some sections of this course may qualify as Research/Writing courses for the B.A. Core Requirements. Prior to registration a list of courses which may be used as a research/writing course will be posted on the website of the Faculty of Arts at www.mun.ca/arts.
CR: the former ENGL 2215
2250
Drama: Structure, Form and Practice
- inactive course.
2390
Introduction to Modern English Structures
is a practical introduction to the descriptive study of the English language with emphasis on syntax.
2400
History of the English Language to 1500
(same as Linguistics 2400) is a study of the early stages of the English Language: the Indo-European background; pronunciation and spelling, grammar, vocabulary and meaning in Old and Middle English.
CR: Linguistics 2400
2401
History of the English Language from 1500 to Modern Times
- inactive course.
2600
Introduction to Middle English
is a study of the language and literature of the later medieval period, excluding Chaucer.
2601
Introduction to Early Middle English
- inactive course.
2700
Writing and Gender I
introduces questions related to gender in a variety of fiction and non-fiction works. This course qualifies as a research and writing course.
2811
Science Fiction and Fantasy
introduces the literary sub-genres of science fiction and fantasy. It examines the traditional canonical backgrounds from which popular literatures derive, studies the formulaic patterns and explores the place of science fiction and fantasy in popular culture.
2812-2820 (Excluding 2813 and 2815)
Special Topics
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
2813
Poetics of the Image
introduces students to the field of visual culture and familiarizes them with both the vocabulary and the methodologies to examine images critically.
2815
Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism
is an introduction to the study of contemporary theory and criticism with an emphasis on its application in the reading of literary texts.
2850
What is Film
is designed to introduce students to the medium of film. It is aimed at marking a shift from the natural enjoyment of movies to a critical understanding and to modes of film practice. Focus will be on the elements of film as components of cinematic style and meaning and on various approaches to the study of film.
2851
Introduction to Film Form and Film Theory
is concerned with developing visual literacy skills, while also providing terminology and theory necessary to critically engage film. Special attention is paid to film form, historical/social contexts for the production and reception of visual images, and the roles that progressive reproduction technologies, spectatorship, and seeing play in understanding our contemporary world through and beyond visual culture.
3001
Satire
is a study of satire from classical times, examining major forms of satiric expression such as the monologue, the parody and the long narrative.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3002
Medieval Books
(same as Medieval Studies 3000, History 3000, Religious Studies 3000) is an examination of the development and role of the manuscript book during the Middle Ages. Topics covered will include book production and dissemination; authors, scribes and audiences; and various kinds of books (e.g. glossed Bibles, anthologies, books of hours, etc.) and their uses.
CR: Medieval Studies 3000, History 3000, Religious Studies 3000
PR: Medieval Studies 2000, 2001 or 2002 or permission of the instructor
3003
English Studies
- inactive course.
3006
Women Writers of the Middle Ages
(same as Medieval Studies 3006 and Gender Studies 3001) will study selections from the considerable corpus of women's writings in the Medieval period, as well as issues which affected women's writing. All selections will be read in English translation.
CR: Medieval Studies 3006 and Gender Studies 3001
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3021
English Drama to 1580
is a study of the development of English drama from the Middle Ages to 1580. The course may also consider the popular arts, such as folk plays and mumming.
3022
Drama 1580-1642
is a study of the development of English drama (excluding Shakespeare) from 1580 to 1642.
CR: ENGL 4317
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3100
The Poem Close Up
explores in detail a wide range of poetry, using one or more of a variety of methods, contemporary and traditional, designed to lead an understanding of the thematic and technical of individual poems.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3105
Issues in the Acquisition of English and the Adult Learner
- inactive course.
3120
Tragedy
- inactive course.
3121
Comedy
- inactive course.
3130
The English Novel to 1800
is a study of eighteenth-century English novels by such authors as Burney, Defoe, Fielding, Manley, Richardson, Sterne and Smollett.
CR: the former ENGL 2210
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3152
Canadian Literature to 1918
is a study of the development of Canadian literature from its beginnings to the end of World War I.
CR: ENGL 3145, 3147, or the former 3150
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3153
Canadian Literature, 1918-1945
- inactive course.
3155
Newfoundland Literature
is a study of Newfoundland literature with emphasis on representative writers since 1900.
CR: ENGL 2155
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3156
Modern Canadian Drama
Drama is a study of a number of representative plays which illustrate the development of modern drama and theatre in Canada.
CR: ENGL 4307
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3157
Canadian Literature 1945-1970
is a study of the development of Canadian literature from 1945 to 1970.
CR: ENGL 3148, the former ENGL 3146, the former ENGL 3151, the former ENGL 3154
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3158
Canadian Literature 1970 to the Present
is a study of recent developments in Canadian literature.
CR: ENGL 3148, the former ENGL 3146, the former ENGL 3151, the former ENGL 3154
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3160
Empire and After: Introduction to Post-Colonial Writing
offers a broad overview of post-colonial studies in English. The course provides an introduction to key ideas in the field and a study of representative texts.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3161
Nation, Region, Identity: Studies in Post-Colonial Literatures
concentrates on examples of writing from within a single formerly colonized region, or nation, such as the Caribbean, Africa, the Indian sub-continent or Australasiai.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3171
Anglo-Irish Drama
- inactive course.
3172
Anglo-Irish Poetry
is a study of representative Anglo-Irish poetry by such authors as Ferguson, Allingham, Joyce, Yeats, Stephens, Clarke, Kavanagh, Kinsella, Montague and Heaney.
CR: the former English 3170 or the former English 4185
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3173
Anglo-Irish Prose
is a study of representative Anglo-Irish prose by such authors as Swift, Edgeworth, Stephens, Yeats, O'Casey, Joyce, Behan, Lavin, O'Connor, O'Flaherty and Moore.
CR: the former ENGL 3170 or the former ENGL 4190
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3175
Irish Literature
is a study of major Irish writers such as Yeats, Joyce, O’Casey, Heaney, Friel and O’Brien.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3181
Drama of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
- inactive course.
3190
Scottish Literature
is a study of representative Scottish poetry and prose from the mid-eighteenth to the twentieth century including selected works by such writers as Boswell, Burns, Hogg, Scott, Galt, Stevenson, Conan Doyle, Buchan, MacDiarmid, Garioch and Muriel Spark.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3200
Shakespeare
is a study of six tragedies and romances such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3201
Shakespeare
is a study of six comedies and histories such as Love's Labour's Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3260
American Drama
is a study of works by dramatists such as O'Neill, Rice, Maxwell Anderson, Sherwood, Williams, Hellman, Odets, Saroyan, Inge, Miller, Albee, Wilder and Kopit.
CR: ENGL 4308
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3302
Nineteenth-Century Drama
- inactive course.
3333
English Literature and Medical Humanities
focuses on the human condition and explores our biological, psychological and spiritual journeys of pain, suffering and death as revealed through literary texts. These texts vary among the literary genres of poetry, short stories, drama, novels, etc.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3350
Theatre
is an introduction to principles of directing and acting, through lectures, discussion and stage production.
OR: 3 hours of workshops
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3351
The Physical Stage and Video Technique
is an introduction to the fundamentals and vocabulary of design, lighting and stagecraft and film/ video craft, including sound, properties, etc.
OR: three hours of workshops
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3460
Folklore and Literature
(same as Folklore 3460) will examine the interrelationships among folklore forms and literary genres, the influence of oral traditions on written literatures, and consider the theoretical issues raised by these interrelationships. The primary emphasis will be on the interpretation of literature from the perspective of folk tradition. Extensive reading, oral and written reports will be required.
CR: Folklore 3460, the former ENGL 4450, and the former Folklore 4450
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3500
Old English Language and Poetry
introduces students to the basic elements of Old English grammar and vocabulary through the practice of translating one or more poems from Old English into modern English and the study of the Old English poetic corpus in modern translations.
CR: the former ENGL 250A/B
PR: Successful completion of two second-year English courses. It is strongly recommended that ENGL 2390 be completed prior to taking this course.
3501
Old English Language and Prose
- inactive course.
3600
Chaucer
is a study of representative poems.
3650
Structure of Modern English: Phonology and Morphology
is a study of standard English pronunciation and regional variations; stress intonation, terminal junctures; inflectional and derivational morphology. Informal speech and written English are compared.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3651
Structure of Modern English: Syntax
- inactive course.
3700
Introduction to Old Norse
- inactive course.
3811-3830 (Excluding 3813, 3816, 3817, 3819 and 3830)
Special Topics
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3813
Theories of National Cinema
- inactive course.
3816
Television
is an introduction to the principles of acting for the camera through lecture, discussion and studio work.
PR: ENGL 3350 and 3351; admission priority will be given to students in Diploma in Performance and Communications Media.
3817
Writing and Gender II
draws a variety of writing to examine questions related to the study of gender. Possible topics may include the changing constructions of gender and the intersections of gender with race, class, nationality and sexuality. This course may qualify as a research and writing course for the B.A. Core Requirements. Prior to registration a list of courses which may be used as a research/writing course will be posted on the website of the Faculty of Arts at www.mun.ca/arts.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3819
The Gothic
offers an introduction to the Gothic mode in a selection of texts from the eighteenth century to the present. Topics covered may include the Gothic’s recurrent themes of sin, sex, violence, and religion; its subversive response to dominant cultures and historical contexts; and its philosophical roots in sensibility, horror, and the sublime.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3830
Women Writers
is a course setting women writers in the context of literary history.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3840-3870 (Excluding 3844)
Special Topics
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3844
Science Fiction - The Golden Age and Beyond
will examine the development of science fiction from its beginnings to the present day. It will consider some of the major authors, theories, forms and concerns that have been the focus of the genre.
PR: successful completion of two second-year English courses
3900
Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction
is conducted as a seminar using models of contemporary writing and the students' own work. Each student will be required to submit work regularly.
CR: credit may be obtained for only two of ENGL 3900, 3901, and 3905
PR: Normally, admission to this course will be based on the instructor's evaluation of the student's writing. Class size will be limited.
3901
Introduction to Creative Writing: Poetry
is conducted as a seminar using models of contemporary writing and the students' own work. Each student will be required to submit work regularly.
CR: credit may be obtained for only two of ENGL 3900, 3901, and 3905
PR: Normally, admission to this course will be based on the instructor's evaluation of the student's writing. Class size will be limited.
3902
Introduction to Creative Writing: Playwrighting
is conducted as a seminar using models of contemporary dramatic writing and the students’ own work. Each student will be required to submit work regularly.
CR: the former ENGL 3842
PR: the regular prerequisites for 3000-level offerings, plus submission of a portfolio specified by the instructor and permission of the instructor
3903
Introduction to Creative Writing: Nonfiction
is conducted as a seminar using models of contemporary writing and the students’ own work. Each student will be required to submit work regularly.
PR: the regular prerequisites for 3000-level offerings, plus submission of a portfolio specified by the instructor and permission of the instructor
3910
Investigative Writing
will permit students to learn to draft and edit short investigative pieces; and they complete an article or essay, and an investigative project that attends to ethics guidelines, research, documentation, interviewing protocols, and writing and editing for a specific context. The course is conducted as a seminar using the students’ own work. Each student will be required to submit work regularly. Some work may be done collaboratively.
PR: Normally, admission to this course will be based on the instructor’s evaluation of the student’s writing. Class size will be limited.
3911
Writing Satire
uses models of contemporary satire as a basis for students’ own work. Guest satirists will be invited to meet with students who will write satirical sketches, articles and/or plays based on their own experiences in response to current affairs and topical items of interest. Students will engage in at least one collaborative project.
3912
Song-Writing
uses models from early ballads to contemporary hits and near-misses as a basis for students’ own work. Guest song-writers will be invited to meet with students to discuss their compositions. Students will analyse song lyrics, write their own songs and collaborate on a major class project. The ability to sing or play a musical instrument or to read or write sheet music, while desirable, is not required.
3913
Write to Speak
develops the student’s ability to speak on all occasions, formal and informal, expected and unexpected. Students will deliver speeches of varying types and lengths on a regular basis throughout the semester.
3914
Professional Writing Online
is a web-based course designed to help students make the best use of electronic resources and to explore new possibilities for writing and publishing online.
3920
Reviewing
permits students to analyse and practice reviewing of three kinds: (a) performance; (b) film, TV video; c) books.
PR: Normally, admission to this course will be based on the instructor’s evaluation of the student’s writing. Class size will be limited.
4000
English Literature and History of Ideas I
is a study of European thought and culture as they affect the history and development of English literature from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4001
English Literature and the History of Ideas II
is a study of European thought and culture as they affect the history and development of English literature from the eighteenth century to the present.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4010
Literature, 1485-1600: Prose and Poetry
is a study of the literature of the English Renaissance, including Tudor humanism, Elizabethan prose fiction, and such writers as Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney and Spenser.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4030
British Literature, 1600-1660
is a study of selected works by such authors as Bacon, Donne, Jonson, Overbury, Browne, Herbert, Burton, Walton, Vaughan and the Cavalier poets.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4031
British Literature, 1660-1700
is a study of selected works by such authors as Milton, Marvell, Clarendon, Bunyan, Evelyn, Pepys, Behn and Dryden.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4040
British Literature, 1700-1750
is a study of selected works by such representative authors as Addison, Steele, Defoe, Swift, Shaftesbury, Pope, Thomson and Young.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4041
British Literature, 1750-1790
- inactive course.
4050
British Literature, 1790-1830
is a study of selected works of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Hazlitt.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4051
British Literature, 1790-1830
- inactive course.
4060
Victorian Literature I
is a study of selected works by such writers as Carlyle, Tennyson, the Brownings, the Brontës, Arnold, and Morris.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4061
Victorian Literature II
is a study of selected works by such writers as Dickens, Thackeray, Gaskell, George Eliot, Meredith, Trollope, and the Rossettis.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4070
British Literature, 1890-1920
is a study of representative writers such as Hardy, Wilde, Conrad, Housman, Forster, Edward Thomas, Owen, D. H. Lawrence, Mansfield, Virginia Woolf.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4071
British Literature, 1920-1945
is a study of representative writers such as Virginia Woolf, Eliot, Bowen, Orwell, Graham Greene, Auden, Empson, Waugh and Dylan Thomas.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4080
British Literature since 1945
is a study of representative writers of the period, such as Larkin, Murdoch, Hughes, Jennings, Geoffrey Hill, Powell, Pinter, Kingsley Amis and Ishiguro.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4100
Critical Theory I
is a survey of critical approaches to literature, from Plato to the end of the nineteenth century. Students are advised to take this course towards the end of their program.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4101
Critical Theory II
is a survey of critical approaches to literature in the twentieth century. Students are advised to take this course towards the end of their program.
CR: ENGL 4105
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4210
Shakespeare's English History Plays
is a course for students who have completed ENGL 3200 or 3201. Plays studied: King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Richard III, Henry VIII.
CR: credit may be obtained for only two of ENGL 4210, 4211, and the former 4316
4211
Shakespeare's Roman and Greek Plays
is a course for students who have completed ENGL 3200 or 3201. Plays studied: Titus Andronicus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, Pericles, Cymbeline.
CR: credit may be obtained for only two of ENGL 4210, 4211, and the former 4316
4251
American Literature to 1880
is a course on representative fiction, prose and poetry, including works by such authors as Edwards, Cooper, Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau, Emerson, Poe, Whitman and Dickinson.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4260
American Literature from 1880 to 1928
traces the development of American literature from the closing of the frontier to the beginning of the Depression through the study of such writers as Adams, James, Crane, Dreiser, Cather, Robinson and Frost.
CR: credit may be obtained for only three of ENGL 3215, 4260, 4261, and 4270
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4261
American Literature from 1928 to 1945
concentrates on the study of American fiction, drama and poetry in the period between the two World Wars. The course includes such writers as Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, O'Neill, Stevens, Cummings and Hart Crane.
CR: credit may be obtained for only three of ENGL 3215, 4260, 4261, and 4270
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4270
American Literature Since 1945
is a study of representative writers of the period, such as Stevens, Lowell, Wilbur, Plath, McCullers, Bellow, Malamud.
CR: credit may be obtained for only three of ENGL 3215, 4260, 4261, and 4270
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4300
Modern Drama I
examines drama from Ibsen to the present day, principally of the realistic tradition, studied through representative plays.
CR: ENGL 3275
PR: ENGL 2002 or permission of the Head of Department
4301
Modern Drama II
- inactive course.
4302
Contemporary British Drama
is a study of representative dramatic works of contemporary British drama.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4400
Directing
is the analysis, production plans and execution of selected projects.
PR: ENGL 3350 and 3351 or permission of the instructor, in consultation with the Head of the Department
4401
Producing the Play
is a full semester working with a selected play, to culminate in public performance. Students will be required to participate fully in all aspects of the production, except direction, which will be the responsibility of the instructor.
PR: ENGL 3350 and 3351 or permission of the instructor, in consultation with the Head of the Department
4402
Producing the Documentary
is a full semester working on a selected project, to culminate in the creation of a completed video. Students, working in groups established by the Program Co-ordinator, will be required to participate in all aspects of production.
PR: ENGL 3350, 3351, and 3816. Admission priority will be given to students in the Diploma in Performance and Communications Media.
4403
Etymology-History of English Words
- inactive course.
4420
English Dialectology I
- inactive course.
4421
English Dialectology II
(same as Linguistics 4421) is field-work and transcription; modern linguistic geography; structuralist dialectology; occupational dialects; other recent approaches.
CR: Linguistics 4421
PR: ENGL 4420 and successful completion of two third-year English courses
4422
Stylistics
is a study of the main influences of language on literature. By far the most common kind of material studied is literary; attention is largely text-centred. The goal is not simply to describe the formal features of texts, but to show their functional significance for interpretation.
PR: ENGL 2390 and successful completion of two third-year English courses
4500
Old English Language and Literature I
- inactive course.
4501
Old English Language and Literature II
- inactive course.
4600
Middle English Language and Literature I
- inactive course.
4601
Middle English Language and Literature II
- inactive course.
4800
Spenser and Milton
- inactive course.
4805
Blake
- inactive course.
4810-4819 (Excluding 4817)
Special Topics
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4817
Utopias and Dystopias in Literature
is a study of representative literary utopias and dystopias, both classic and modern.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4821
Canadian Literature in Context I
- inactive course.
4822
Canadian Literature in Context II
- inactive course.
4850
Contemporary Canadian Poetry
is a seminar course in contemporary Canadian poetry. Students will have the opportunity to study collections by six English Canadian contemporary poets - not just new work by established older writers, but also first collections by younger writers. The work of poets from across Canada will be chosen.
CR: ENGL 3148
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4851
Canadian Exploration Literature
will examine Canada’s early exploration and travel literature and show how it has shaped our contemporary fiction. Early texts may be studied from an anthology of exploration writings, such as Germaine Warkentin's Canadian Exploration Literature: An Anthology. Several contemporary novels will also be studied and may include Wayne Johnston's The Navigator of New York and John Steffler's The Afterlife of George Cartwright.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4852-4860
Special Topics in Canadian Literature
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4900
Book History and Print Culture I
is an introduction to bibliographical and textual studies for the advanced study of English. Areas covered may include the book as a material object; the history of the book; manuscripts; the spread of printing; the hand-press period; editing of texts; the evolution of the library; origins of intellectual property; freedom of the press; aspects of literary detection, forgery and plagiarism.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4901
Book History and Print Culture II
- inactive course.
4910
Advanced Creative Writing: Fiction
is a seminar for students who wish to write publishable literary fiction. Class size will be limited. Students will be expected to produce at least 15,000 words during the semester. Regular participation is also required.
PR: completion of ENGL 3900 with a grade of 70 or higher and submission of a portfolio and permission of the instructor.
4911
Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry
uses models of contemporary writing and the students' own work. This course is designed to develop further the technical skill of those students who have reached a high level of achievement in the introductory creative writing course in poetry, English 3901 (or who have a body of work of exceptional accomplishment) and to help them move towards publication in literary journals and chapbooks.
PR: normally, admission to this course will be based on the instructor's evaluation of the student's writing and on the achievement of a minimum grade of 70% in ENGL 3901 or ENGL 3900
4912
Advanced Creative Writing: Playwrighting
- inactive course.
4913
Advanced Creative Writing: Nonfiction
is conducted as a seminar using models of contemporary writing and the students’ own work. Each student will be required to submit work regularly.
PR: successful completion of at least one Creative Writing course at the 3000-level, plus submission of a portfolio specified by the instructor and permission of the instructor
4914
Advanced Editing
is editing for the workplace: An intensive course in drafting and editing. Students will be expected to work both individually and collaboratively.
PR: Normally, students will (a) be enrolled in the Diploma in Professional Writing and (b) have successfully completed at least two of the following: ENGL 3001, 3817, 3903 (or other course designated Creative Writing), 3910, 3920. Normally, admission to this course will be based on the instructor’s evaluation of the student’s writing. Class size will be limited.
4920-4930
Special Topics in Creative Writing
will have topics to be studied announced by the Department.
PR: successful completion of two third-year English courses
4999
Essay for Honours Candidates
is required as part of the Honours program.
5000
Instructional Field Placement
is a 6 credit hour course which occurs upon completion of course work in the Diploma in Performance and Communications Media. The curriculum emphasis is on the application of acquired skills. Continuing the project-oriented structure built into the practical courses, students will be placed with existing projects in the professional communities of film, television, theatre or video.
CH: 6
PR: ENGL 3350, 3351, 3816, 4400, 4401, 4402, with an overall average of 65% in these courses. Restricted to students in the Diploma in Performance and Communications Media. Admission is by application to the Program Co-ordinator, normally at least three months before the beginning of the placement, and is limited to students who at the time of admission have completed the six courses listed above with an overall average of at least 65% and who already hold a first degree or are in their final year of a degree program as confirmed by the Office of the Registrar.
UL: can be used for credit only towards the Diploma in Performance and Communications Media
5100
ESL Instructional Field Placement
is a 6 credit hour practicum consisting of classroom observation, group discussion of observations, one-to-one tutoring and classroom teaching practice. Participation in a weekly discussion group and submission of preliminary and final reports are required.
CH: 6
5200
Instructional Field Placement in Professional Writing
is a 6 credit hour course which has students, upon completion of the courses in the Diploma in Professional Writing (18 credit hours), placed in work-place environments where they will contribute under supervision to the planning, drafting and editing of documents.
CH: 6
PR: completion of the six courses in the program, with an overall average of 65% in these courses.
011F
Core Intensive English Program
covers reading through a variety of types of texts, vocabulary development, writing development, and academic listening and note-taking skills. Students will be placed into appropriate sections following a placement test.
012F
Speaking, Listening, and Culture
includes development of speaking and listening abilities through a wide variety of tasks and communicative activities, including discussions, debates, conversation, role-plays, and presentations. Listening activities promote comprehension of rapid conversational English, while discussion topics enrich students' understanding of Canadian culture. Students will be placed into appropriate sections following a placement test.

