ENGLISH LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CREATIVE WRITING: COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Not all courses listed will be offered each year. All courses are three hours a week (3.0 credit hours) unless otherwise indicated. Students should consult the Departmental office or website for details of Topics and Seminar courses offered in a given year. 100-LEVEL COMPOSITION AND CREATIVE WRITING COURSES 26-100. Composition An exploration of the fundamentals of effective writing, including attention to rhetorical concepts of audience, purpose, and context; planning, logical development, and organization; and format and style. (Because of the large number of written assignments and the need for individual instruction, enrolment in 26-100 is limited.) (Not open to students majoring in English.) (Antirequisite: 26-103.) 26-103. Composition for ESL Students Instruction and extensive practice in writing English in the style and form appropriate for Canadian university-level courses. (Open to students whose first language is not English and whose writing displays problems typical of ESL learners. A placement or writing test may be administered to verify that the student’s writing fits the stated criteria.) (Not open to students majoring in English.) (Antirequisite: 26-100.) 26-104. Creative Writing for Non-Majors An exploration of various genres through lectures, writing, and workshop participation. (Not recommended for students majoring in English Literature and Creative Writing.) (This is not a course in Composition.) (Antirequisite: 26-105.) 26-105. Creative Writing for Majors An introduction to the Creative Writing program. Creative writers will practice writing in various genres in an intensive workshop. (Portfolio approval is required for admission.) (This is not a course in Composition.) (Not available on an Audit basis.) (Antirequisite: 26-104.) 100-LEVEL LITERATURE COURSES 26-120. Writing about Literature An introduction to the basic tools for analyzing and writing about literature. Students will be trained in practical criticism of the major genres of literature (poetry, drama, and narrative) and will write a number of critical essays. (Not available on an Audit basis.) (Restricted to majors in English only.) 26-122. Drama of the Western World: The Tragic Vision An introduction to tragedy from antiquity to the present, from literary and theatrical perspectives. 26-123. Drama of the Western World: The Comic Vision An introduction to comedy from antiquity to the present, from literary and theatrical perspectives. 26-128. Women and Literature An introduction to the ways in which women have been represented and constructed in English literature of various periods. 26-140. Topics in Literature An introduction to a topic in literature. Topics may include Canadian Aboriginal literature; literature pertaining to topics such as the Bible, the environment, film, or music; comparative literatures; or world literatures in English. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) 200-LEVEL CREATIVE WRITING AND LITERATURE SURVEY COURSES 26-203. Creative Writing I An intensive workshop in various genres. Previous formal creative writing experience is expected. (Portfolio approval is required for admission.) (Not available on an Audit basis.) (A 6.0-credit, two-term course.) 26-205. Children’s Literature A survey of the historical and literary development of literature written for children, including nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and book-length classics. (Prerequisite: Semester 3 standing and one 100-level English course.) 26-210. Early British Literature A historical survey of the important works of major writers of the Medieval, Renaissance, Restoration, and early eighteenth-century periods (from 450 to 1760). (Restricted to English majors only.) (Prerequisite or corequisite: Semester 3 standing and 26-120.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-210 and 26-110.) 26-211. Later British Literature A historical survey of the important works of major writers of the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods (from 1760 to the present). (Restricted to English majors only.) (Prerequisite or corequisite: Semester 3 standing and 26-120.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-211 and 26-111.) 26-260. Canadian Literature A survey of the development of Canadian literature across various genres, regions, and communities. (Prerequisite: Semester 3 standing and one 100-level English course.) 26-270. American Literature A survey of the development of American literature across various genres, regions, and communities. (Prerequisite: Semester 3 standing and one 100-level English course.) 26-280. Contemporary Literary Theory A survey of contemporary literary theory, which may include new criticism, structuralism, poststructuralism, hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, Marxism, new historicism, or gender studies. Explores fundamental critical concepts, with an emphasis on the ways in which notions of reading, textuality, authorship, and subjectivity have developed in Anglo-American and European thought. (Prerequisite: Semester 3 standing and one 100-level literature course in English.) 26-290. Introduction to Rhetoric A survey of historical and theoretical aspects of rhetoric from the fifth century BCE to the present, including an examination of the relationship between rhetoric, epistemology, ethics, and politics. (Prerequisite: Semester 3 standing and one 100-level English course.) 26-291. History of the English Language A survey of the background and origins of the English language and its various forms from Old English to the end of the eighteenth century. (Prerequisite: Semester 3 standing.) 26-293. Modern English and Linguistics A survey of linguistics (the study of languages as systems), with particular emphasis on the English language. (Prerequisite: Semester 3 standing.) 300-LEVEL ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE COURSES 26-301. Gender and Literature A study of how gender is constructed in texts from a variety of periods, with emphasis on cultural contexts, feminist theory, and notions of gender and sexuality. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-302. Writing About the Arts (Practicum) A practicum in writing about contemporary forms of artistic expression. Students will write in multiple genres, exploring connections between art, its social and cultural contexts, and their own experience. Coursework and assignments will be complemented by interactive explorations of a variety of art forms. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-304. Creative Writing II: Special Topics An advanced workshop featuring a specific genre, approach, or subject. (Portfolio approval is required for admission.) (May be repeated for credit if topics are different.) (Not available on an Audit basis.) 26-305. Editing Practicum A practicum in the theory and practice of editing historical, scholarly, and creative works. Students will be directly involved with current editorial projects in the Department. (Permission of the instructor required.) (Not available on an Audit basis.) 26-307. Writing Hypertext (Practicum) A study of the aesthetic and textual principles of hypertext and contemporary theories of writing, reading, and textuality. Assignments in web-page creation will provide media literacy and HTML skills. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Not available on an Audit basis.) (1 lecture, 2 lab hours per week.) 26-309. Scholarship and Bibliography (Practicum) A study of literary research methods and textual scholarship. Includes practice in research techniques and in bibliographic description, the study of editing procedures, and the examination of the historical and theoretical contexts of textual production. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-310. Middle English Literature A study of post-1066 Medieval literature, excluding Chaucer. Texts will be read in normalized Middle English. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-312. Chaucer A study of the major works of Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales. Texts will be read in normalized middle English. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-314. Topics in Medieval Literature Studies in Medieval literature, with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include Old English or Medieval Romance. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-314 and 26-214 if the topic is Medieval Romance.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-314 and 26-311 if the topic is Old English.) 26-322. Topics in Renaissance Literature Studies in Renaissance literature, with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include Milton and Paradise Lost, early seventeenth-century lyric, or literature of the English Revolution. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-323. Sixteenth-Century Non-Dramatic Literature A study of continuity and change in English literature, culture, and intellectual history in the sixteenth century. Explores canonical and non-canonical poetry and prose by men and women in the context of the European Renaissance and Reformation. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-323 and 26-223.) 26-324. Seventeenth-Century Non-Dramatic Literature A study of continuity and change in English literature, culture, and intellectual history in the seventeenth century. Explores canonical and non-canonical poetry and prose by men and women in an age of religious, political, and scientific revolution. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-324 and 26-224.) 26-326. Shakespeare I A study of selected plays to 1600 (early tragedies, histories, and comedies) from literary and theatrical perspectives. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-327. Shakespeare II A study of selected plays from 1600 (tragicomedies, tragedies, and romances) from literary and theatrical perspectives. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-328. Topics in Renaissance Drama Studies in Renaissance drama, with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include Shakespeare in Performance (at the Academy at the Stratford Festival) or drama of the English Renaissance (excluding Shakespeare). (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-333. Restoration Literature A study of literature in the light of the shifting social, political, and intellectual contexts of 1660-1700. Texts include poetry, drama, fiction, and polemical prose by men and women. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-333 and 26-233.) 26-334. Eighteenth-Century Literature A study of literature from the Augustans to the Romantics. Texts range from poetry to short fiction to journalistic prose by men and women. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-334 and 26-234.) 26-335. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama A study of English plays and theatre 1660-1800. Writers may include Etherege, Behn, Dryden, Congreve, Steele, Lillo, Goldsmith, and Sheridan. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-335 and 26-235.) 26-336. Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature Studies in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include eighteenth-century fiction, satire, gender and literature, and colonialism. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-336 and 26-338 if the topic is eighteenth-century fiction.) 26-343. Early Romanticism A study of the literature of late eighteenth-century Britain in its historical and cultural contexts. Writers may include Burns, Austen, Blake, Wollstonecraft, Godwin, Walpole, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-343 and 26-243.) 26-344. Later Romanticism A study of the literature of late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Britain in its historical and cultural contexts. Writers may include Mary Shelley, Keats, Byron, Hemans, P. B. Shelley, de Quincey, and Clare. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-344 and 26-244.) 26-346. Early Victorians A study of responses to industrialization, urbanization, social reform, gender relations, and late Romantic ideas. Writers may include Dickens, Gaskell, Tennyson, Carlyle, and the Brownings. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-346 and 26-246.) 26-347. Later Victorians A study of responses to changing attitudes and values in art and society from mid-century to the death of Queen Victoria. Writers may include Arnold, Eliot, the Rossettis, Hardy, and Wilde. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-347 and 26-247.) 26-348. Topics in Victorian Literature Studies in Victorian literature with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include the “Woman Question”, representations of empire, literature of the fin-de-sičcle, the Brontės, the working-class question, or Victorian gothic. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-349. Topics in Romantic Literature Studies in Romantic literature with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include Romantic biography/autobiography, landscape and representation, Romantic women writers, the Jacobin novelists, Romanticism and race, or the gothic. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-352. Modern British Literature A study of works published in the first half of the twentieth century. Writers may include Hopkins, Hardy, Shaw, James, Conrad, Lawrence, Eliot, Woolf, Ford, and Auden. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-352 and 26-251.) 26-353. Contemporary British Literature A study of works published since the mid-twentieth century. Writers may include Orwell, Jones, Greene, Golding, Spark, Fowles, Pinter, Stoppard, Caryl Churchill, Dylan Thomas, Amis, Larkin, Hughes, and D. M. Thomas. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-353 and 26-252.) 26-354. Literature and Postcolonialism A study of the literature of nations and peoples responding to various forms of oppression, including colonization, racism, assimilation, and genocide. Introduces relevant theory and focuses on contemporary English-language texts from Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia, North America, and elsewhere. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-355. Modern Irish Literature A study of works published since the start of the twentieth century. Writers may include Yeats, Joyce, Synge, O’Casey, Clark, Beckett, Kavanaugh, O’Brien, Kinsella, Trevor, and Heaney. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-356. Drama of the Twentieth Century A study of drama from the end of the nineteenth century. Writers may include Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Shaw, Beckett, Ionesco, and Pinter. All works will be read in English. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-356 and 26-254.) 26-357. Topics in Modern and Contemporary British Literature Studies in modern and contemporary British literature with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include literary impressionism, poets of WWI, or the mid-length poem. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-358. Native Literatures and Cultures A study of literature by First Nations and Aboriginal writers from Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-358 and 26-204.) 26-361. Topics in Canadian Literature Studies in Canadian literature with changing emphasis on the literature of a particular region or community, a particular genre, or select authors. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-366. Canadian Poetry A study of significant modern and contemporary Canadian poetry. Discussion may include questions of form, voice, place, identity, and community. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-366 and 26-266.) 26-367. Canadian Fiction A study of significant modern and contemporary Canadian short stories and novels. Discussion may include questions of identity, place, form, voice, and community. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-367 and 26-267.) 26-371. Topics in American Literature Studies in American literature, with changing emphasis on particular themes, genres, or authors. Topics might include American gothic, 19th-century citizenship, African-American literature, or the Harlem Renaissance. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) 26-372. American Literature: Colonials to Civil War A study of the emergence and development of American literary identity from the earliest settler writings through to the American Renaissance. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-372 and 26-274, or for both 26-372 and 26-275.) 26-373. American Literature: Civil War to Realists A study of innovations in style and subject during the period between the Civil War and World War I. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-373 and 26-275, or for both 26-373 and 26-276.) 26-374. The American Moderns A study of American writing in the period between the World Wars, including expatriates in Europe. New styles of poetry, drama, and fiction will be considered in the context of contemporary events. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-374 and 26-278.) 26-375. The Literature of Contemporary America A study of post-WWII American literature in the contexts of contemporary social and artistic change. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses, one of which must be a literature course.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-375 and 26-279.) 26-383. Topics in Literary or Cultural Theory Studies in selected theories, theorists, or movements and countermovements in contemporary literary theory, cultural studies, or intellectual history. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and 26-280.) 26-392. Language Variation A study of how languages differ and change in time and space. Topics covered will include dialects, stylistic differences, and the mechanisms and causes of language variation. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and 07-120, 07-220, or two 100- or 200-level English courses.) (Students may not receive credit for both 26-392 and 26-292.) 26-395. Topics in Language and Linguistics Studies in language and linguistics, with changing emphasis on an area or subfield of linguistics (e.g., syntax or sociolinguistics) or of a related field. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and 07-120, 07-220, or two 100- or 200-level English courses.) 26-397. Advanced Composition Theory and Practice A study of the relationship between theory and practice in Composition. Applying theories of Composition and writing in a variety of genres, students will examine how people write and how discourse is produced and circulated. (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses.) 26-399. Topics in Composition and Rhetoric Studies in Composition and Rhetoric, with changing emphasis on particular aspects of these fields. Topics might include literacy studies, visual rhetorics, or rhetoric and contemporary society. (May be repeated for credit if the topics are different.) (Prerequisite: Semester 4 standing and two 100- or 200-level English courses.) DIRECTED READINGS 26-401 to 26-410. Directed Readings are offered only under exceptional circumstances, and only with the written permission of the Department Head. SEMINAR COURSES 26-411. Seminar in Medieval Literature (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-412. Seminar in Renaissance Literature (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-413. Seminar in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-414. Seminar in Romantic Literature (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-415. Seminar in Twentieth-Century British Literature (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-416. Seminar in Canadian Literature (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-417. Seminar in American Literature (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-418. Seminar in Literary or Cultural Theory (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses, including 26-280.) 26-419. Seminar in Language and Linguistics (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-420. Special Topics Seminar (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-424. Seminar in Literature of the Victorian Period (Prerequisite: Semester 7 standing and ten English courses.) 26-498. Creative Writing III: Seminar (Portfolio approval is required for admission.) (A 6.0-credit, two-term course.)