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Course ID	Course
ENGL 316	ENGL 316 Poetry in the Twentieth Century Course Credits: 3 A study of poetry, its forms, conventions, and innovations in its development during the twentieth century, with particular representation from the American tradition. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing. NB: This course may not be taken for credit if ENGL 216 is taken for credit.
ENGL 318	ENGL 318 Modern Canadian Literature Course Credits: 3 A study of representative works of modern Canadian poetry, fiction, and drama. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing. NB: This course may not be taken for credit if ENGL 218 is taken for credit.
ENGL 334	ENGL 334 European Literature in Translation Course Credits: 3 A survey of European drama and prose classics exploring and critically evaluating the shift in worldviews from Dante's Christian humanism to Kafka's and Camus' modern existentialist views and focusing on the theme of human nature (the self) and the purpose of human life. Works are discussed in their historical and cultural contexts. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
ENGL 340	ENGL 340 Indigenous Literatures Course Credits: 3 Indigenous Literatures introduces the burgeoning field of Indigenous literary studies, with a focus on literature written by Canadian Indigenous and Métis authors, poets, and playwrights. Applying “First Peoples Principles of Learning”, students will discuss, experience, examine, and write about several genres, including oral traditions, poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction. Through literature and language, students will explore the key themes of local knowledge and place, respect, resilience, and trust. Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of English, and third-year standing.
ENGL 348	ENGL 348 World Drama Course Credits: 3 This survey course of the dramatic literature of the past 2500 years begins with the Greek and Roman classic drama and principal Asian drama. It then examines the Christian drama of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance neoclassical drama of the early modern period, and the 18th century antecedents to the realistic drama of the 19th century. Students also explore the modern drama of the 20th century, and the global contemporary international drama of the 21st century. This is a reading and discussion course that requires students to read major plays and attend live performances of world dramatic masterpieces being performed at local theatres. Cross-listed: THTR 348. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
ENGL 351	ENGL 351 Shakespeare I Course Credits: 3 An intensive study of selected works by William Shakespeare situated in their Elizabethan and Jacobean contexts. Works studied may include: Venus and Adonis, the history play Richard III, the comedy The Merchant of Venice, the tragedies Titus Andronicus, Hamlet, and Antony and Cleopatra, and the romances The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest. Cross-listed: THTR 341 Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing. NB: No overlap with ENGL 352
ENGL 352	ENGL 352 Shakespeare II Course Credits: 3 An intensive study of selected works by William Shakespeare situated in their Elizabethan and Jacobean contexts. Works studied may include selected sonnets, the comedies The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and As You Like It, the problem play Measure for Measure, the tragedies King Lear and Macbeth, and the romance Cymbeline. Cross-listed: THTR 342 Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing. NB: No overlap with ENGL 351.
ENGL 371	ENGL 371 The Nineteenth-Century Novel Course Credits: 3 A study of representative novels from nineteenth century Britain. The novel as a genre flourished during this time as the novel's form was shaped by writers such as Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontà«, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.
ENGL 372	ENGL 372 Romantic Poetry and Poetics Course Credits: 3 A study of the poetry created by the six major poets grouped under the term romantic: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron (George Gordon), Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats. Students consider both the poetry and critical theories of these influential authors. Prerequisite(s): 9 sem. hrs. of English or third-year standing.

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