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2024-2025 ENGL 371

The Nineteenth-Century Novel

A study of representative novels from nineteenth century Britain.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2025-2026 ENGL 371

The Nineteenth-Century Novel

A study of representative novels from nineteenth century Britain.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 371

The Nineteenth-Century Novel

A study of representative novels from nineteenth century Britain.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2025-2026 ENGL 372

Romantic Poetry & Poetics

A study of the poetry created by the authors grouped under the term “Romantic.” Students will consider both the poetry and critical theories of these influential authors.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 372

Romantic Poetry & Poetics

A study of the poetry created by the authors grouped under the term “Romantic.” Students will consider both the poetry and critical theories of these influential authors.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2024-2025 ENGL 372

Romantic Poetry and Poetics

A study of the poetry created by the authors grouped under the term “Romantic.” Students will consider both the poetry and critical theories of these influential authors.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2024-2025 ENGL 382

Modern British Literature

A study of representative works in British fiction and poetry that have been most influential in shaping and reflecting twentieth-century sensibilities and imaginations.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2025-2026 ENGL 382

Modern British Literature

A study of representative works in British fiction and poetry that have been most influential in shaping and reflecting twentieth-century sensibilities and imaginations.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 382

Modern British Literature

A study of representative works in British fiction and poetry that have been most influential in shaping and reflecting twentieth-century sensibilities and imaginations.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2024-2025 ENGL 384

Contemporary Canadian Fiction

A study of representative works of contemporary Canadian fiction and the development of the postmodern, and post-colonial, and post-national novel.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2025-2026 ENGL 384

Contemporary Canadian Fiction

A study of representative works of contemporary Canadian fiction and the development of the postmodern, and post-colonial, and post-national novel.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 384

Contemporary Canadian Fiction

A study of representative works of contemporary Canadian fiction and the development of the postmodern, and post-colonial, and post-national novel.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2025-2026 ENGL 390

Individual Authors & Literary Themes

Designed to give students the opportunity to study the works of significant writers while also providing opportunities for engagement with thematic concerns and special topics in literary studies. Note: Students may take more than one version of this course.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 390

Individual Authors & Literary Themes

Designed to give students the opportunity to study the works of significant writers while also providing opportunities for engagement with thematic concerns and special topics in literary studies. Note: Students may take more than one version of this course.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2024-2025 ENGL 390

Individual Authors and Literary Themes

Designed to give students the opportunity to study the works of significant writers while also providing opportunities for engagement with thematic concerns and special topics in literary studies. Note: Students may take more than one version of this course.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2024-2025 ENGL 391

Children's Literature

A survey of children’s literature from the sixteenth century to the present, examining representative texts and changing attitudes towards children and their books.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2025-2026 ENGL 391

Children's Literature

A survey of children’s literature from the sixteenth century to the present, examining representative texts and changing attitudes towards children and their books.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 391

Children's Literature

A survey of children’s literature from the sixteenth century to the present, examining representative texts and changing attitudes towards children and their books.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2024-2025 ENGL 392

Fantasy Literature

A study of the genre of fantasy literature, including some early works (such as Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) that shaped the imagination of creators of modern fantasy such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2025-2026 ENGL 392

Fantasy Literature

A study of the genre of fantasy literature, including some early works (such as Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) that shaped the imagination of creators of modern fantasy such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 392

Fantasy Literature

A study of the genre of fantasy literature, including some early works (such as Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) that shaped the imagination of creators of modern fantasy such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2024-2025 ENGL 393

Canadian Drama

A survey of Canadian plays, starting with the first official play written in North America (a 17th-century Canadian play) and progressing to 21st-century dramatists and their texts. Students will engage in detailed analyses of plays: their structures, historical/cultural contexts, and present-day relevance. The plays explore a variety of topics and themes, including but not limited to family life, social issues, class struggles, oppression, and marginalization. Students will also read plays about Indigenous culture and plays by Indigenous writers.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English and third or fourth year standing; or 6 sem. hrs. of English and 3 sem. hrs. of theatre and third or fourth year standing; or instructor's consent.
NB: Attendance at theatre performances is required. Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: THTR 343
2025-2026 ENGL 393

Canadian Drama

A survey of Canadian plays, starting with the first official play written in North America (a 17th-century Canadian play) and progressing to 21st-century dramatists and their texts. Students will engage in detailed analyses of plays: their structures, historical/cultural contexts, and present-day relevance. The plays explore a variety of topics and themes, including but not limited to family life, social issues, class struggles, oppression, and marginalization. Students will also read plays about Indigenous culture and plays by Indigenous writers.

Course Credits: 3
NB: Attendance at theatre performances is required. Not offered every year. See department chair.
2026-2027 ENGL 393

Canadian Drama

A survey of Canadian plays, starting with the first official play written in North America (a 17th-century Canadian play) and progressing to 21st-century dramatists and their texts. Students will engage in detailed analyses of plays: their structures, historical/cultural contexts, and present-day relevance. The plays explore a variety of topics and themes, including but not limited to family life, social issues, class struggles, oppression, and marginalization. Students will also read plays about Indigenous culture and plays by Indigenous writers.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English and third- or fourth-year standing; or 6 sem. hrs. of English and 3 sem. hrs. of theatre and third- or fourth-year standing; or instructor's consent
NB: Attendance at theatre performances is required. Not offered every year. See department chair.
Cross-listed: THTR 343
2024-2025 ENGL 394

Modern Drama

A study of eight to ten modern plays, British, American, and Canadian, representing different forms and approaches to drama in the last one hundred years.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English and third or fourth year standing; or 6 sem. hrs. of English and 3 sem. hrs. of theatre and third or fourth year standing; or instructor's consent.
Cross-listed: THTR 344
2025-2026 ENGL 394

Modern Drama

A study of eight to ten modern plays, British, American, and Canadian, representing different forms and approaches to drama in the last one hundred years.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 394

Modern Drama

A study of eight to ten modern plays, British, American, and Canadian, representing different forms and approaches to drama in the last one hundred years.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English and third- or fourth-year standing; or 6 sem. hrs. of English and 3 sem. hrs. of theatre and third- or fourth-year standing; or instructor's consent
Cross-listed: THTR 344
2024-2025 ENGL 396

American Drama

A survey of significant American dramatic literature. Touching on the 18th and 19th century contributions from Royal Tyler's The Contrast (1787) to George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853) and Steele MacKaye's Hazel Kirke (1880), the course moves quickly to Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon (1920), which many historians consider the first truly indigenous American drama of international import, and examines the significant work of playwrights such as Arthur Miller, Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, and David Mamet.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English and third or fourth year standing; or 6 sem. hrs. of English and 3 sem. hrs. of theatre and third or fourth year standing; or instructor's consent.
Cross-listed: THTR 346
2025-2026 ENGL 396

American Drama

A survey of significant American dramatic literature. Touching on the 18th and 19th century contributions from Royall Tyler's The Contrast (1787) to George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853) and Steele MacKaye's Hazel Kirke (1880), the course moves quickly to Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon (1920), which many historians consider the first truly indigenous American drama of international import, and examines the significant work of playwrights such as Arthur Miller, Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, and David Mamet.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 396

American Drama

A survey of significant American dramatic literature. Touching on the 18th and 19th century contributions from Royall Tyler's The Contrast (1787) to George Aiken's Uncle Tom's Cabin (1853) and Steele MacKaye's Hazel Kirke (1880), the course moves quickly to Eugene O'Neill's Beyond the Horizon (1920), which many historians consider the first truly indigenous American drama of international import, and examines the significant work of playwrights such as Arthur Miller, Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, and David Mamet.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English and third- or fourth-year standing; or 6 sem. hrs. of English and 3 sem. hrs. of theatre and third- or fourth-year standing; or instructor's consent
Cross-listed: THTR 346
2024-2025 ENGL 400

Special Topics in English

Independent but guided research in a specialized area of interest to the student. Directed studies are not offered concurrently for courses available in the regular academic year.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English, third or fourth year standing, and instructor's consent. (3- 0; 3-0)
2025-2026 ENGL 400

Special Topics in English

Independent but guided research in a specialized area of interest to the student. Directed studies are not offered concurrently for courses available in the regular academic year.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 400

Special Topics in English

Independent but guided research in a specialized area of interest to the student. Directed studies are not offered concurrently for courses available in the regular academic year.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English, third- or fourth-year standing, and instructor's consent
2024-2025 ENGL 412

Twentieth-Century American Literature

A study of representative works of twentieth-century American literature and the development of its themes in various historical, political, and socio-cultural contexts.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2025-2026 ENGL 412

Twentieth-Century American Literature

A study of representative works of twentieth-century American literature and the development of its themes in various historical, political, and socio-cultural contexts.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 412

Twentieth-Century American Literature

A study of representative works of twentieth-century American literature and the development of its themes in various historical, political, and socio-cultural contexts.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2025-2026 ENGL 414

Literature & Spirituality

Literature has been at the centre of the human story from its beginnings as recorded in ancient sacred texts to its current study as cultural narrative with transformative and transcendent possibilities for interpretation and creativity. This course will explore literary themes integral to the pursuit of Christian spirituality, past and present.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 414

Literature & Spirituality

Literature has been at the centre of the human story from its beginnings as recorded in ancient sacred texts to its current study as cultural narrative with transformative and transcendent possibilities for interpretation and creativity. This course will explore literary themes integral to the pursuit of Christian spirituality, past and present.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2024-2025 ENGL 414

Literature and Spirituality

Literature has been at the centre of the human story from its beginnings as recorded in ancient sacred texts to its current study as cultural narrative with transformative and transcendent possibilities for interpretation and creativity. This course will explore literary themes integral to the pursuit of Christian spirituality, past and present.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
2025-2026 ENGL 415

Literature & the Environment

A survey of English literary texts reflecting changing conceptions of and attitudes toward nature across time and place. Students will apply ecocritical analytical approaches to literature that explore the relationships among human and non-human beings and the environment.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 415

Literature & the Environment

A survey of English literary texts reflecting changing conceptions of and attitudes toward nature across time and place. Students will apply ecocritical analytical approaches to literature that explore the relationships among human and non-human beings and the environment.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2025-2026 ENGL 416

Literature & Gender

Examines the ways in which gender is represented in all forms of literature, from poetry and fiction to drama and creative nonfiction. Students will evaluate how literary representations of gender are informed by other social variables, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religious belief, political affiliation, and cultural background. They will appraise how time and place influence depictions of gender in literature and apply a broad array of contemporary literary theories to their analysis of diverse works of literature.

Course Credits: 3
2026-2027 ENGL 416

Literature & Gender

Examines the ways in which gender is represented in all forms of literature, from poetry and fiction to drama and creative nonfiction. Students will evaluate how literary representations of gender are informed by other social variables, such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religious belief, political affiliation, and cultural background. They will appraise how time and place influence depictions of gender in literature and apply a broad array of contemporary literary theories to their analysis of diverse works of literature.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
2024-2025 ENGL 422

Chaucer

A study of The Canterbury Tales and selected minor works, which may include The Book of the Duchess, The Parliament of Fowls, and Troilus and Criseyde. The course involves reading Chaucer’s texts in their historical and cultural contexts. The student will also develop a good reading knowledge of Chaucerian Middle English.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
NB: No overlap with ENGL 430
2025-2026 ENGL 422

Chaucer

A study of The Canterbury Tales and selected minor works, which may include The Book of the Duchess, The Parliament of Fowls, and Troilus and Criseyde. The course involves reading Chaucer’s texts in their historical and cultural contexts. The student will also develop a good reading knowledge of Chaucerian Middle English.

Course Credits: 3
NB: No overlap with ENGL 430.
2026-2027 ENGL 422

Chaucer

A study of The Canterbury Tales and selected minor works, which may include The Book of the Duchess, The Parliament of Fowls, and Troilus and Criseyde. The course involves reading Chaucer’s texts in their historical and cultural contexts. The student will also develop a good reading knowledge of Chaucerian Middle English.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
NB: No overlap with ENGL 430.
2024-2025 ENGL 430

Medieval Mystical Literature

A study of the literary writings of several medieval writers in the Christian mystical tradition, situated in their cultural and religious contexts.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
NB: No overlap with ENGL 422.
2025-2026 ENGL 430

Medieval Mystical Literature

A study of the literary writings of several medieval writers in the Christian mystical tradition, situated in their cultural and religious contexts.

Course Credits: 3
NB: No overlap with ENGL 422.
2026-2027 ENGL 430

Medieval Mystical Literature

A study of the literary writings of several medieval writers in the Christian mystical tradition, situated in their cultural and religious contexts.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing
NB: No overlap with ENGL 422.
2024-2025 ENGL 450

Honours Essay

All honours students will write a research paper of 20 to 25 pages, supervised by a member of the Department of English and Creative Writing, to be completed in the fourth year of study.

Course Credits: 3
Prerequisite(s): Admission to honours program. See department chair.