Courses

A study of poetry, its forms, conventions, and innovations in its development during the twentieth century, with particular representation from the American tradition.

A study of representative works of modern Canadian poetry, fiction, and drama.

A survey of European literary classics in translation, examining these works in their historical and cultural contexts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A study of representative novels from nineteenth century Britain.

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.