Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
ENGL 208B 001 Science Fiction

Various examples drawn, for instance, from Utopian and anti-Utopian science fiction, social science fiction, "gadget" science fiction, parapsychology, and alternate worlds and beings will be considered. Some attention will be given to the historical development of the genre.

 

Offered on campus

 Andrew Deman PDF icon ENGL 208B_A.Deman_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
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 remotely

 Carol Acton PDF icon ENGL 208E-GSJ 208E_C.Acton_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 208M 001 Travel Literature

The course examines the forms and functions of travel literature as a genre. Topics will include the representation of travel as adventure, discovery, pilgrimage, and escape; travel and tourism; travel and gender; travel and colonialism.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

 Sylvia Terzian Winter 2022
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

 Ryan Devitt PDF icon ENGL 213-LS 292_R.Devitt_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
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

 Chad Wriglesworth PDF icon ENGL 251_C.Wriglesworth_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 260 001 Irish Literature

A study of modern and contemporary Irish literature in English. This course will introduce students to a range of Irish writing in its often turbulent historical and cultural context. The international dimensions of Irish writers and their work will be explored.

 

Offered on campus

 

Course outline available by request only

 David-Antoine Williams Winter 2022
ENGL 305B 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

 Tristanne Connolly PDF icon ENGL 305B_T.Connolly_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 306A 001 Introduction to Linguistics

Introduction to linguistics and the principles of linguistic analysis through an examination of English phonology, forms, syntax, and discourse.

 

Offered remotely

 Elena Afros PDF icon ENGL 306A_E.Afros_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
ENGL 324 001 Modern and Contemporary American Drama

This course explores traditions and experiments in American drama through an analysis of American plays, especially those from the 1940s to the present, in their historical, textual, and theatrical contexts.

 

Offered on campus

 Chad Wriglesworth PDF icon ENGL 324_C.Wriglesworth_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022
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 remotely

 Claire Tacon PDF icon ENGL 335_C.Tacon_Winter 2022.pdf Winter 2022