English Undergraduate Courses

Queen’s English offers small classes at every level of the program.

In this program, you feel a sense of community among students, while also having a wide range of courses to choose from.

We offer a number of Creative Writing courses, all of which can count toward English degrees.

From popular forms like children’s and YA literature to the classics, from Canadian authors to English-language texts from around the world, from medieval poetry to texts written this year, and including many LGBTQ+ and BIPOC voices, you will be able both to follow your interests and discover new ones!

New as of 2023: All 200-level ENGL courses (with the exception of ENGL 290) are now open to any student in second year or above: it is no longer necessary to take first-year English to have access to these courses. The prerequisites for 300- and 400-level ENGL courses is ENGL 200 and 290.

If you have further questions, please contact us.

ENGL 100

Introduction to Literary Study

ONLINE ONLY

Fall/Winter 2023/2024

ENGL 100-001

Introduction to Literary Study

ONLINE ONLY

What is Literature?

Great Books

Horror, Sci Fi, Fantasy

How to Listen to a Poem, How to Read a Song

Reading for the Planet

Gender, Race, and Sexuality

Literature and Mental Health

Modern Prose Fiction I: The Elements of Fiction

History of Literature in English

Canadian Literature

Introduction to Indigenous Literatures in Canada

ONLINE ONLY

Selected Women Writers (post-1900)

ONLINE ONLY

The Short Story in English

Writing in Place

Children's Literature

Global Shakespeare

ONLINE ONLY

Writing the City

Issues and Themes: Special Topics I

Transnational Black Literature

Writing Memoir

Literature and the Fantastic

Literature and Gender

Lesbian Literature, 1922-2022

Literary Genres

Legends of King Arthur: Medieval to Modern

ONLINE ONLY

Seminar in Literary Interpretation

Creative Writing I

ONLINE ONLY

Introduction to Literary Criticism and Theory I

Introduction to Literary Criticism and Theory II

Medieval Literature of the British Isles

Renaissance Poetry and Prose

American Literature and the Long 19th Century

British Fiction of the 19th Century

Modern Literature

Context North America

Contemporary Indigenous Literatures

Intermediate Writing in Prose

Intermediate Writing in Poetry: Poetry and Culture

The Literary Screenplay: Adaptation

Topics in Medieval Literature I

Robin Hood to Romance: : Medieval and Tudor Popular Literature

Topics in Renaissance Literature I

Shakespeare, Genre, and Religion

Topics in Renaissance Literature II

London Playhouse Practice

Topics in Renaissance Literature II

Shakespeare’s Problem Plays

Topics in Restoration and 18th Century Literature I

Story in the Eighteenth Century

Topics in Romanticism I

Race, Slavery, and the Gothic

Topics in Literature of the Americas I

"Let Resistance Be Thy Motto" Politics and Protest in African American Literature

Topics in Victorian Literature

Victorian Fairy Tales

Topics in Victorian Literature I

The 19th Origins of Folk Horror

Topics in Modern/Contemporary British Literature I

The (Un)Making of "Little Britain": Black British Literature and Culture

Topics in Modern/Contemporary Canadian Literature I

Diaspora Writing in Toronto

Topics in Modern/Contemporary Canadian Literature I

The Scotiabank Giller Prize and Literary Prize Culture

Topics in Modern/Contemporary Canadian Literature II

The Literary Road Trip

Topics in Postcolonial Literature I

Narratives of Passing in Caribbean and U.S. Literature

Topics in Indigenous Literatures II

Indigenous Young Adult Literature Written in Canada

Group III: Special Topics I

A Natural History of the Anthropocene

Group III: Special Topics I