FALL WINTER 2012-13

ENGLISH LITERATURE

COURSE OFFERINGS

(Currently under construction)

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Peterborough 2012-13 Fall Winter Timetable

Oshawa 2012-13 Fall Winter Timetable (T.B.A.)

 

PETERBOROUGH

 

ENGL 1001H (FA) - Truth, Lies & Storytelling

ENGL1003H (WI)- Revolution

ENGL 1005H (WI)- Love & Hate

ENGL-2001H (WI)- Practical Criticism and Theory

ENGL- 2100Y Foundations in Medieval & Renaissance Literature

ENGL-2150Y - Studies in Shakespeare

ENGL-INDG 2480Y - Indigenous Literature and Creative Writing (see Indigenous Studies)

ENGL-2707H (WI)- Popular Fiction

ENGL-2805H (FA) - Modern Drama

ENGL-3100Y - History of the English Language

ENGL-3121H (WI)- Medieval Romance

ENGL-3153H (FA) - Renaissance Drama

ENGL-3210Y - Foundations in Restoration to Romantic Literature

ENGL-3304Y- American Literature: Genres

ENGL-3401H (WI) - Victorian Literature and Society

ENGL-3410Y - 20th Century British Literature History

ENGL-3421H ( (FA) - Modern Irish Literature

ENGL-3451H  (FA) - African Literature

ENGL-3453H (WI) - West Indian Literature

ENGL-3503H (FA) - Canadian Literature Issues

ENGL-3505H (WI) - Canadian Literature: Issues

ENGL-3506Y - Canadian Women's Writing

ENGL-3601H (WI) - Critical Approaches to Literature

ENGL-3701H (FA) - Gender and Literature

ENGL-3808Y - The Novel

ENGL-4120Y - Middle ENglish Language and Literature

ENGL-4153H (FA) - Advanced Studies in Renaissance Literature

ENGL-4201H (WI) - Advanced Studies in Restoration and 18th century literature

ENGL-4400Y - Advanced Studies in Victorian Literature

ENGL-4501H (WI) - Advanced Studies in Canadian Literature

ENGL-4801H (FA) - Advanced Studies in Genre

ENGL-4851H (FA) - Advanced Creative Writing

 

 

OSHAWA

 

 

 

SUMMER 2012

ENGLISH LITERATURE

COURSE OFFERINGS

 

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Peterborough Summer 2012 Timetable

Oshawa Summer 2012 Timetable

 

PETERBOROUGH

 

ENGL 2100Y - Foundations in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

This course provides an opportunity to become acquainted with English literature from the Medieval period to the Renaissance. Special attention will be given to such themes as the romantic and heroic impulses, sacred and profane love, art and nature, nostalgia for the old and enthusiasm for the new. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ENGL 1000Y (100) or cumulatively in 1003H and 1005H. D. Haines


ENGL – CAST – WMST 2600Y – Documenting Canada

(see Canadian Studies)

ENGL 2810Y – Children’s literature

This course studies children’s literature (British, American and Canadian) from the 18th century to the present, addressing such topics as the transition from oral to literate culture, folk and fairy tales, the 18th-century popular press, the late 19th-century cult of the child, illustration, the “Golden Age,” and cultural contexts. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ENGL 1000Y (100) or cumulatively in 1003H and 1005H. Excludes ENGL 385, 3810Y.  J. Findon

ENGL 3411H – 20th-century British literature: History, politics, culture ONLINE (Term 2)

This course examines the echoes of Empire and “Englishness” in 20th-century British literature, and traces the emergence of a distinctly post-Empire sensibility in contemporary British culture. Emphasis is placed on the two world wars, the collapse of Empire, the “rise” of the working class, and “new” colonial voices. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ENGL 1000Y (100) or cumulatively in 1003H and 1005H. Students may take only one of ENGL 3410Y or 3411H for credit. ENGL 3421H – Modern Irish literature (Term 1). L. MacLeod

ENGL – CAST – INDG 3481H – Indigenous fiction (Term 2)

The course considers the expectations and functions of narrative, and examines the ways in which the fictions of Indigenous authors draw on, extend and defy white European literary traditions, and incorporate narrative methods of their own traditions. Fictions by authors in both Canada and the United States will be included. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ENGL 1000Y (100) or cumulatively in 1003H and 1005H. Excludes ENGL – INDG – CAST 360H. S. Humphreys

 

OSHAWA

 

ENGL 1003H – Introduction to English Literature I (Term 1)

This introductory course focuses on selected genres (poetry and the novel), issues, forms and movements from the broad spectrum of literature in English – British, American, Canadian and postcolonial.
Excludes ENGL 1000Y (100). (Offered only in Oshawa.) J. Baetz


ENGL 2810Y – Children’s Literature

This course studies children’s literature (British, American and Canadian) from the 18th century to the present, addressing such topics as the transition from oral to literate culture, folk and fairy tales, the 18th-century popular press, the late 19th-century cult of the child, illustration, the “Golden Age,” and cultural contexts. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ENGL 1000Y (100) or cumulatively in 1003H and 1005H. Excludes ENGL 385, 3810Y. S. Humphreys

ENGL 3411H – 20th-century British literature: History, politics, culture ONLINE (Term 2) 

This course examines the echoes of Empire and “Englishness” in 20th-century British literature, and traces the emergence of a distinctly post-Empire sensibility in contemporary British culture. Emphasis is placed on the two world wars, the collapse of Empire, the “rise” of the working class, and “new” colonial voices. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ENGL 1000Y (100) or cumulatively in 1003H and 1005H. Students may take only one of ENGL 3410Y or 3411H for credit. ENGL 3421H – Modern Irish literature (Term 1). L. MacLeod

CANCELLED ENGL 3100Y – History of the English language 

A study of the development and use of the English language, spoken and written, from Old and Middle English to modern colloquial usage and experimental fiction. The course emphasizes practical philological linguistics, structural analysis, and the application of language skills to prose and verse from 950 C.E. to current writing. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in ENGL 1000Y (100) or cumulatively in 1003H and 1005H. Strongly recommended: a 1000-level course in French, German, Greek, Latin or Spanish. Excludes ENGL 230. M. Boyne

ENGL – CAST – WMST 3506Y/3507H – Canadian women’s writing (see Canadian Studies)

 

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