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2011-2012 Academic Year

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English Language and Literature

Full courses designated as Studies and half courses designated as Topics offer the study of a single work, a group of related works, an author or authors within the period or grouping indicated. The content of these offerings will vary from year to year. Not all the courses listed below will be offered in any one year, and a few are offered infrequently. A list of expected offerings with detailed description of course contents will be sent to applicants as soon as it can be drawn up.

ENGL-800*

Introduction to Professional and Pedagogical Skills I

This course introduces M.A. students to the scholarly study and teaching of English literature. The emphasis will be on training Teaching Assistants. There will be practical training in research skills, essay-marking, the academic counselling of students, and first-time teaching. There will also be some consideration of academic and non-academic careers for M.A.'s. Three term-hours; fall. L. Ritchie

ENGL-801*

Introduction to Professional and Pedagogical Skills II

This course is designed to acquaint doctoral students with some aspects of the teaching and scholarly skills and responsibilities of university faculty in order to prepare them for an academic career. In addition to practical training in essay marking, lecturing techniques and other teaching methods, the course will offer training in bibliographical and archival research, grant application, the academic job market, and other practical aspects of the professional study of literature. The course will consist of a number of seminars and workshops geared to the particular stage of the students’ progress over three years in the program.

ENGL-802*

Practical Criticism

This course will provide students with the necessary tools to practice and to teach "close reading" in a broad range of genres from different historical and national contexts. Students will engage in textual analysis through a series of practical exercises combined with readings of critical essays representing different approaches to the reading of literature. Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-803*

Research Forum I

A regularly scheduled forum in which faculty, advanced doctoral students, and visiting scholars present model research problems and methodologies for discussion. Attendance is required.Graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Various speakers.

ENGL-810

Literary Criticism

Representative critical approaches from Aristotle to the moderns will be considered with particular attention to those which have most influenced contemporary attitudes. Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-811*

Literary Theory I

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-812*

Literary Theory II

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-813*

Literary Theory III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-815*

Topics in Literary Study I

The content of this course will vary according to the interests and current research of the instructor. Topics may include the study of genres, movements, traditions or historical contexts relevant to more than one conventional literary period or national tradition. Three term-hours; winter. G. Willmott

ENGL-816*

Topics in Literary Study II

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-817*

Topics in Literary Studies III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-818*

Topics in Literary Study IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-819*

Introduction to Bibliography

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-820

Anglo-Saxon and Beowulf

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-821*

Topics in Anglo-Saxon Literature I

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-822

Old Norse

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-823

Studies in Medieval Literature

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-824*

Topics in Medieval Literature I

Three term-hours; fall. R. Wehlau

ENGL-825*

Topics in Medieval Literature II

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-826*

Topics in Medieval Literature III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-827*

Topics in Medieval Literature IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-828*

Chaucer

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-830

Studies in Early Modern Literature and Culture

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-831*

Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture I

Three term-hours; fall. E. Hanson

ENGL-832*

Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture II

Three term-hours; summer. M. Straznicky

ENGL-833*

Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-834*

Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-835*

Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture V

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-836*

Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture VI

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-840

Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-841*

Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature I

Three term-hours; winter. L. Ritchie

ENGL-842*

Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature II

Three term-hours; summer. C. Fanning

ENGL-843*

Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature III

Three term-hours; fall. F. Lock

ENGL-844*

Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-850

Studies in Romantic Literature

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-851*

Topics in Romanticism I

Three term-hours; winter. R. Morrison

ENGL-852*

Topics in Romanticism II

Three term-hours; fall. S. King

ENGL-853*

Topics in Romanticism III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-854*

Topics in Romanticism IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-855

Studies in Victorian Literature

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-856*

Topics in Victorian Literature I

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-857*

Topics in Victorian Literature II

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-858*

Topics in Victorian Literature III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-859*

Topics in Victorian Literature IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-860

Studies in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-861*

Topics in Modernism I

Three term-hours; fall. E. Lobb

ENGL-862*

Topics in Modernism II

Three term-hours; winter. G. McIntire

ENGL-863*

Topics in Modernism III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-864*

Topics in Modernism IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-865*

Topics in Contemporary Literature and Culture I

Three term-hours; winter. M. Wallace

ENGL-866*

Topics in Contemporary Literature and Culture II

Three term-hours; winter. A. Varadharajan

ENGL-867*

Topics in Contemporary Literature and Culture III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-868*

Topics in Contemporary Literature and Culture IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-870

Studies in Canadian Literature

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-871*

Topics in Canadian Literature I

Three term-hours; winter. T. Ware

ENGL-872*

Topics in Canadian Literature II

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-873*

Topics in Canadian Literature III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-874*

Topics in Canadian Literature IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-875

Studies in Postcolonial Literatures

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-876*

Topics in Postcolonial Literatures I

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-877*

Topics in Postcolonial Literatures II

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-878*

Topics in Postcolonial Literatures III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-879*

Topics in Postcolonial Literatures IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-880

Studies in American Literature

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-881*

Topics in American Literature I

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-882*

Topics in American Literature II

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-883*

Topics in American Literature III

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-884*

Topics in American Literature IV

Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-890*

Directed Cross-Disciplinary Research

This course is designed to allow M.A. students to undertake a program of graduate-level directed reading under the supervision of faculty in departments outside English Language and Literature. Permission of the external supervisor is required in advance of registration, and workload and evaluation for the course must be approved by the graduate coordinator in English to ensure consistency with English graduate course norms.

ENGL-895*

Directed Reading

Directed study under the guidance of a faculty member in an area of the instructor’s expertise. Permission of instructor and graduate coordinator in English is required in advance of registration and is granted only under special circumstances. Workload and evaluation for the course must be approved by the graduate coordinator in English to ensure consistency with English graduate course norms. (Available only to students enrolled in the English MA program.)

ENGL-899

Master's Thesis Research

ENGL-900*

Introduction to Professional and Pedagogical Skills II

ENGL-903*

Research Forum I

ENGL-950*

Comparative Literature I

An introduction to comparative literary studies as currently practised, with particular emphasis on the relevance to such studies of contemporary theories of literature and criticism. This course will be given jointly with CLAS-850*, GRMN-902*, SPAN-806*, FRAN-950*. Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-951*

Comparative Literature II

Specialized study in a comparative context of particular authors, themes, movements, periods, genres, literary forms, or some combination of these elements. This course will be given jointly with CLAS-851*, GRMN-890*, SPAN-807*, FRAN-951*. Not offered 2011-2012.

ENGL-990*

Directed Cross-Disciplinary Research

This course is designed to allow doctoral students to undertake a program of graduate-level directed reading under the supervision of faculty in departments outside English Language and Literature. Permission of the external supervisor is required in advance of registration, and workload and evaluation for the course must be approved by the graduate coordinator in English to ensure consistency with English graduate course norms.

ENGL-995*

Directed Reading

ENGL-999

Ph.D. Thesis Research

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