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ENGL 208E 001 Women's Writing

This course explores a range of women's writing and the social and cultural contexts in which they made their voices heard.

 

Held with GSJ 208E

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 210H 001 Arts Writing

A study of the various forms, processes, and modes of publication of professional writing in the arts. The course will consider both free-lance writing and writing within institutional contexts. Practice in research, writing, and editing will be emphasized.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 213 001 Literature and the Law

A study of literary works that involve legal matters and/or have led to litigation on such grounds as obscenity, treason, heresy, libel, and plagiarism.

 

Held with LS 292

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 251 001 Literary Theory and Criticism

What exactly are we doing when we study literature? By examining a selection of critical methods and theoretical approaches, this course will enhance understanding of the many different emphases, values, and priorities critics bring to literature, and the many available perspectives on what constitutes literature's significance.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 305A 001 The Age of Beowulf

A study of the earliest English literature in translation. The heroic epic Beowulf will be studied in depth, along with a selection of Old English poetry and prose, such as lyrics, riddles, and historical and religious writing.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 309A 001 Rhetoric, Classical to Enlightenment

A study of rhetorical theories from antiquity through the Renaissance to the 18th century, with an emphasis on how these theories reflect changing attitudes towards language, society, and the self.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 325 001 Austen

A study of selected novels by Jane Austen, including Pride and Prejudice and Emma. Her letters and juvenilia may also be considered, as well as some of the films based on or inspired by her novels.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 332 001 Topics in Creative Writing - Writers on Creative Writing

 This course will focus on a selected genre, approach, creative method, or other aspect of creative writing. Please see course instructor for details.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 335 001 Creative Writing 1

Designed to assist students with an interest in developing their creative writing skills in various genres, this course consists of supervised practice, discussions of craft, and peer critiques.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023
ENGL 347 001 American Literature Since 1945

A study of the movements of American Literature following the second world war. The course will consider the formal and cultural diversity of writing in this period, with attention to topics such as avant-garde experiment, the persistence of realism, counter-cultural politics, feminism and literature, postmodernism, and the emergence of minority writers in the mainstream.

 

Offered on campus

Fall 2023