English Courses

Key to Course Descriptions.

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Asian Literatures and Cultures Courses

NUS231H0
Singapore Film: Performance of Identity [36L]

This module introduces students to the history and development of film production in Singapore and its relationship with television, theatre and the internet.
Prerequisite: Course offered at NUS
DR=HUM; BR=1


NUS332H0
Singapore English-Language Theatre [36L]

This module provides an overview of Singapore English-Language Theatre as well as an in-depth analysis of its canonical texts. It traces the development of Singapore’s cultural identity through her theatre’s shifting strategies of representation.
Prerequisite: Course offered at NUS
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


NUS333H0
Studies in Southeast Asian Arts [36L]

The module explores in depth a particular Southeast Asian art (visual or performing arts, music, or literature).The specific focus of the module varies.
Prerequisite: Course offered at NUS
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


NUS334H0
Southeast Asian Literatures in English [36L]

This module introduces students to the contextual study of texts from Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia. Topics discussed include the possibilities and problematics of a regional literary canon, and the manner in which literary texts from the region negotiate with the societies in which they are written and read.
Prerequisite: Course offered at NUS
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


NUS338H0
South Asian Literatures in English [36L]

This module introduces students to the conceptual study of texts by leading writers from South Asia, from countries such as Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh.
Prerequisite: Course offered at NUS
Exclusion: ENG269H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


NUS339H0
Postcolonial Literatures in English [36L]

This module provides an introduction to the literatures in English written outside of the United Kingdom and the United States that are now often categorized as “postcolonial.”
Prerequisite: Course offered at NUS
Exclusion: ENG270Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


English Courses

First Year Seminars

The 199Y1 and 199H1 seminars are designed to provide the opportunity to work closely with an instructor in a class of no more than twenty-four students. These interactive seminars are intended to stimulate the students’ curiosity and provide an opportunity to get to know a member of the professorial staff in a seminar environment during the first year of study. Details here.


 

Please note: Not all courses are offered every year.

100-Series Courses

Note

Only ONE of ENG110Y1,ENG140Y1 or ENG150Y1 may be counted toward English program requirements. ENG100H1 and ENG185Y1 may not be used to meet the requirements of any English program. First-year students may enrol in a 200-series ENG course if they are concurrently enrolled in ENG110Y1, ENG140Y1 or ENG150Y1.


ENG100H1
Effective Writing [36L]

A course designed to improve competence in writing expository and persuasive prose for academic and other purposes. It aims to teach the principles of clear, well-reasoned prose, and their practical applications; the processes of composition (drafting, revising, final editing); the conventions of various prose forms and different university disciplines. The course does not meet the needs of students primarily seeking to develop English language proficiency. This course may not count toward any English program.
DR=HUM; BR=None (This course has no status for breadth requirement purposes)


ENG110Y1
Narrative [72L]

This course explores the stories that are all around us and that shape our world: traditional literary narratives such as ballads, romances, and novels, and also non-literary forms of narrative, such as journalism, movies, myths, jokes, legal judgments, travel writing, histories, songs, diaries, biographies.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG140Y1
Literature for our Time [72L]

An exploration of how recent literature in English responds to our world. Includes poetry, prose, and drama by major writers of the twentieth century (such as Eliot, Woolf, Beckett, Plath, Morrison, Munro, Coetzee, Rushdie) and emerging writers of the current century.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG150Y1
The Literary Tradition [72L]

An introduction to major authors, ideas, and texts that shaped and continue to inform the ever-evolving traditions of literature in English. Includes works and authors from antiquity to the nineteenth century such as the Bible, the Qur'an, Plato, Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Dante, Christine de Pizan, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Montaigne, Austen, Dostoevski.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG185Y1
The Study of Literature [48L]

See Academic Bridging Program.
Only for students registered in the Academic Bridging Program. This course may not count toward any English program.
DR=HUM; BR=1


200-Series Courses

Note

English 200-series courses are open to students who have obtained standing in 1.0 ENG FCE or in any 4.0 FCE. Students without these Prerequisites may enrol in a 200-series course if they are concurrently enrolled in ENG110Y1, ENG140Y1 or ENG150Y1. Please note that these Prerequisites and the exclusions below will be strictly enforced.

ENG201Y1
Reading Poetry [72L]

An introduction to poetry through a close reading of texts, focusing on its traditional forms, themes, techniques, and uses of language; its historical and geographical range; and its twentieth-century diversity.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG202Y1
British Literature: Medieval to Romantic [72L]

An introduction to influential texts that have shaped the British literary heritage, covering approximately twelve writers of poetry, drama, and prose, from Chaucer to Keats, with attention to such questions as the development of the theatre, the growth of the novel form, and the emergence of women writers.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG205H1
Rhetoric [36L]

An introduction to the rhetorical tradition from classical times to the present with a focus on prose as strategic persuasion. Besides rhetorical terminology, topics may include the discovery and arrangement of arguments, validity in argumentation, elements of style, and rhetorical criticism and theory.
DR=HUM; BR=2


ENG210Y1
The Novel [72L]

An introduction to the novel through a reading of ten to twelve texts, representing a range of periods, techniques, regions, and themes.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG213H1
The Short Story [36L]

This course explores shorter works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers. Special attention is paid to formal and rhetorical concepts for the study of fiction as well as to issues such as narrative voice, allegory, irony, and the representation of temporality.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG214H1
The Short-Story Collection [36L]

This course explores collections of short stories. It examines individual stories, the relationships among and between stories, the dynamics of the collection as a whole, the literary history of this genre, along with its narrative techniques and thematic concerns.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG215H1
The Canadian Short Story [36L]

An introduction to the Canadian short story, this course emphasizes its rich variety of settings, subjects, and styles.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG220Y1
Shakespeare [72L]

About twelve plays by Shakespeare representing the different periods of his career and the different genres he worked in (comedy, history, tragedy). Such plays as Romeo and Juliet; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Richard II; Henry IV, Parts I and II; As You Like It, Twelfth Night; Measure for Measure; Hamlet; King Lear; Antony and Cleopatra; The Tempest. Non-dramatic poetry may be included.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG232H1
Biography and Autobiography [36L]

An introduction to biography and autobiography, with a sampling of important examples in English.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG234H1
Children’s Literature [36L]

A critical and historical study of poetry and fiction written for or appropriated by children, this course may also include drama or non-fiction and will cover works by at least twelve authors such as Bunyan, Stevenson, Carroll, Twain, Alcott, Nesbit, Montgomery, Milne, Norton, Fitzhugh.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG235H1
The Graphic Novel [36L]

An introduction to book-length sequential art, this course includes fictional and nonfictional comics by artists such as Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Julie Doucet, Marjane Satrapi, Chester Brown, Seth.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG237H1
Science Fiction [36L]

This course explores speculative fiction that invents or extrapolates an inner or outer cosmology from the physical, life, social, and human sciences. Typical subjects include AI, alternative histories, cyberpunk, evolution, future and dying worlds, genetics, space/time travel, strange species, theories of everything, utopias, and dystopias.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG239H1
Fantasy and Horror [36L]

This course explores speculative fiction of the fantastic, the magical, the supernatural, and the horrific. Subgenres may include alternative histories, animal fantasy, epic fantasy, the Gothic, fairy tales, magic realism, sword and sorcery, and vampire fiction.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG240Y1
Old English Language & Literature [72L]

Prepares students to read the oldest English literary forms in the original language. Introduces the earliest English poetry in a woman’s voice, expressions of desire, religious fervour, and the agonies of war. Texts, writTEN 680 - 1100, range from the epic of Beowulf the dragon-slayer to ribald riddles.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG250Y1
American Literature [72L]

An introductory survey of major works in American literature, this course explores works in a variety of genres, including poetry, fiction, essays, and slave narratives.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG252Y1
Canadian Literature [72L]

An introductory survey of major Canadian works in poetry, prose, and drama from early to recent times.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG254Y1
Indigenous Literatures of North America [72L]

An introduction to Indigenous North American writing in English, with significant attention to Aboriginal literatures in Canada. The writings are placed within the context of Indigenous cultural and political continuity, linguistic and territorial diversity, and living oral traditions. The primary focus is on contemporary Indigenous writing.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG264H1
Caribbean Literature [36L]

An introduction to the literatures and cultures of the Caribbean and the diaspora, including fiction, poetry, theory, drama, film, and other media.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG268H1
Asian North American Literature [36L]

Introduction to the literature and culture of Asian Canadians and Asian Americans, including fiction, poetry, drama, film, video, and electronic media. The course also explores how such works respond to representations of Asians in popular culture and to Asian North American history and politics.
Exclusion: ENG279Y1
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG269H1
South Asian Literatures in English [36L]

An introduction to the major authors and literary traditions of South Asia, paying specific attention to literatures in
English from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the diaspora. The focus will be on fiction and poetry with
some reference to drama.
Exclusion: NUS338H0
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG270Y1
Colonial and Postcolonial Writing [72L]

In this course we study literary and non-literary texts from the nineteenth century to the present day. Colonial texts are analysed alongside postcolonial interpretations of the nineteenth-century archive, giving students a grasp of colonial discourse and contemporary postcolonial analyses.
Exclusion: ENG253Y1, NUS339H0
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG273Y1
Queer Writing [72L]

Introducing a lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer tradition in literature and theory, this course explores classical, modern, postmodern, and contemporary literature, criticism, art, film, music, and popular culture.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG275Y1
Jewish Literature in English [72L]

A survey of Jewish literature in English, focusing on questions of language, history, religion, national identity, and genre, this course may include works of prose, poetry, drama, film, or music from various Jewish literary communities.
Exclusion: ENG256Y1
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG277Y1
African Canadian Literature [72L]

A study of Black Canadian Literature (poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction) from its origin in the African Slave Trade in the eighteenth century to its current flowering as the expression of immigrants, exiles, refugees, and “indigenous Africans” (whose roots are essentially “Canadian”). Pertinent theoretical works, films and recorded music are also considered.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG278Y1
African Literatures in English [72L]

What, if anything, is distinctively “African” in African texts; in what form is that distinction encoded, and how? Is it possible to produce “African” readings of African texts? We address these, as well as other relevant theoretical issues, through close readings of oral performances, short stories, novels, plays, and selected essays.
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG280H1
Critical Approaches to Literature [36L]

An introduction to literary theory and its central questions, such as the notion of literature itself, the relation between literature and reality, the nature of literary language, the making of literary canons, and the roles of the author and the reader.
Exclusion: ENG267H1
DR=HUM; BR=1


ENG285H1
The English Language in the World [36L]

Many-voiced modern English dominates science, business, diplomacy, and popular cultures worldwide. This introductory course surveys transnational, regional, and social varieties of Later Modern English; the linguistic and social factors that have shaped them; their characteristic structures; and their uses in speech and in writing, both literary and non-literary.
Exclusion: ENG367Y1
DR=HUM; BR=2


ENG299Y1
Research Opportunity Program

Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details here.


JEI206H1
Writing English Essays [24L, 12T]

This course teaches students who already write effectively how to write clear, compelling, research-informed English essays. The course aims to help students recognize the function of grammar and rhetoric, the importance of audience, and the persuasive role of style.
DR=HUM; BR=1


300-Series Courses

Note

English 300-series courses are open to students who have obtained standing in at least 4.0 FCE, including 2.0 ENG FCE. Students should note the special Prerequisites for ENG389Y1, ENG390Y1, ENG391Y1, ENG392H1, ENG393H1 AND394Y1: consult the descriptions online before the May 15 deadline for instructions on applying for these courses. Please note that these Prerequisites and exclusions below will be strictly enforced.

ENG300Y1
Chaucer [72L]

The foundation of English literature: in their uncensored richness and range, Chaucer’s works have delighted wide audiences for oVER 600 years. Includes The Canterbury Tales, with its variety of narrative genres from the humorous and bawdy to the religious and philosophical, and Troilus and Criseyde, a profound erotic masterpiece.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG301H1
Spenser [36L]

Selections from The Faerie Queene and other works.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG302Y1
Poetry and Prose, 1500-1600 [72L]

Considering literature during the reign of the Tudors, this course may include poetry of Wyatt, Sidney, Mary Sidney Herbert, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser, and Donne; prose of More, Askew, Sidney, Hakluyt, Hooker, Elizabeth I, Lyly, and Nashe; and supplementary readings from such writers as Erasmus, Castiglione, Machiavelli.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG303H1
Milton [36L]

Selections from Paradise Lost and other works.
Exclusion: ENG304Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG304Y1
Poetry and Prose, 1600-1660 [72L]

Considering literature during the reign of the early Stuarts and the Civil War, with special attention to Milton and Paradise Lost, this course also includes such poets as Donne, Jonson, Lanyer, Wroth, Herbert, Marvell, and such prose writers as Bacon, Clifford, Donne, Wroth, Burton, Cary, Browne, Hobbes, Milton, Cavendish.
Exclusion: ENG303H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG305H1
Swift, Pope, and Their Contemporaries [36L]

Selected works in prose and verse by Swift and Pope studied alongside works by their contemporaries. Topics may include the legitimacy of satire, the role of criticism, and the growing importance of writing by women.
Exclusion: ENG306Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG306Y1
Poetry and Prose, 1660-1800 [72L]

Writers of this period grapple with questions of authority and individualism, tradition and innovation, in politics, religion, knowledge, society, and literature itself. Special attention to Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, and at least six other authors.
Exclusion: ENG305H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG307H1
Women Writers, 1660-1800 [36L]

A study of poems, plays, novels, letters, periodical essays, polemical works, and books for children by such writers as Cavendish, Behn, Finch, Centlivre, Leapor, Burney, Wollstonecraft. Topics may include patronage and publishing; nationality, class, and gender; and generic conventions.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG308Y1
Romantic Poetry and Prose [72L]

Poetry and critical prose of Blake, W. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, P.B. Shelley, Keats; may include selections from other writers such as Crabbe, Scott, Landor, Clare, D. Wordsworth, M. Shelley, De Quincey.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG311H1
Medieval Literature [36L]

This course explores a selection of writings in early English, excluding those by Chaucer.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG322Y1
Fiction befORE 1832 [72L]

This course studies the emergence of prose fiction as a genre recognized in both a literary and a commercial sense. Authors may include Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Scott, and Austen.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG323H1
Austen and Her Contemporaries [36L]

A study of selected novels of Jane Austen and of works by such contemporaries as Radcliffe, Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth, Edgeworth, Scott, and Shelley, in the context of the complex literary, social, and political relationships of that time.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG324Y1
Fiction, 1832-1900 [72L]

Exploring the social and political dilemmas of a culture in transition, this course studies such topics as the comic art of Dickens, Trollope, and Thackeray, the Gothicism of the Brontës, the crisis of religious faith in George Eliot, and the powerful moral fables of Hardy. Students will read 10-12 novels.
Exclusion: ENG325H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG325H1
Victorian Realist Novels [36L]

This course explores forms of realism in Victorian fiction and includes at least six novels by such authors as Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Gaskell, Collins, Trollope, Hardy.
Exclusion: ENG324Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG328Y1
Modern Fiction to 1960 [72L]

This course explores ten to twelve works by such writers as James, Conrad, Cather, Forster, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Faulkner, Rhys, Hemingway, Achebe, Ellison, Spark, Lessing.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG329H1
Contemporary British Fiction [36L]

This course explores six or more works by at least four British contemporary writers of fiction.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG330H1
Early Drama [36L]

This course explores liturgical plays, biblical plays, religious and political morality plays, and Tudor interludes.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG331H1
Drama to 1603 [36L]

This course explores English drama to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, with attention to such playwrights as Lyly, Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare.
Exclusion: ENG332Y1 and ENG333H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG335H1
DrAMA 1603 to 1642 [36L]

This course explores English drama from the death of Queen Elizabeth I to the closing of the theatres, with attention to such playwrights as Jonson, Middleton, Shakespeare, Webster.
Exclusion: ENG332Y1 and ENG333H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG336H1
Topics in Shakespeare [36L]

A concentrated study of one aspect of Shakespeare’s work, such as his use of a particular genre, a particular period of his work, a recurring theme, or the application of a particular critical approach.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG337H1
Drama, 1660-1800 [36L]

At least twelve plays, including works by Dryden, Wycherley, Congreve, and their successors, chosen to demonstrate the modes of drama practised during the period, the relationship between these modes and that between the plays and the theatres for which they were designed.
Exclusion: ENG334H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG340H1
Modern Drama to World War II [36L]

A study of plays in English by such dramatists as Wilde, Yeats, Shaw, Synge, Glaspell, Hughes, and O’Neill, as well as plays in translation by such dramatists as Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Pirandello.
Exclusion: ENG338Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG341H1
Modern Drama since World War II [36L]

A study of plays by such dramatists as Beckett, Miller, Williams, Pinter, Soyinka, Churchill, with background readings from other dramatic literatures.
Exclusion: ENG338Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG347Y1
Victorian Poetry and Prose [72L]

Writers (such as Darwin, Tennyson, Browning, Wilde, Nightingale, Christina Rossetti, Kipling) respond to crisis and transition: the Industrial Revolution, the Idea of Progress, and the “Woman Question”; conflicting claims of liberty and equality, empire and nation, theology and natural selection; the Romantic inheritance, Art-for-Art’s-Sake, Fin de siècle, and “Decadence.”
Exclusion: ENG312Y
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG348Y1
Modern Poetry to 1960 [72L]

Special study of Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Auden, Stevens; selections from other poets.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG349H1
Contemporary Poetry [36L]

Works by at least six contemporary poets, such as Ammons, Ashbery, Heaney, Hughes, Lowell, Muldoon, Plath.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG350H1
Early Canadian Literature [36L]

Writing in English Canada befORE 1914, from a variety of genres such as the novel, poetry, short stories, exploration and settler accounts, nature writing, criticism, First Nations cultural production.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG352H1
Canadian Drama [36L]

A study of major Canadian playwrights and developments siNCE 1940, with some attention to the history of the theatre in Canada.
Exclusion: ENG223H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG353Y1
Canadian Fiction 72L]

A study of twelve or more Canadian works of fiction, primarily novels.
Exclusion: ENG216Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG354Y1
Canadian Poetry [72L]

A study of major Canadian poets, modern and contemporary.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG355H1
Indigenous Women’s Literature [36L]

A study of works by Indigenous women writers from North America and beyond, with significant attention to Aboriginal writers in Canada. Texts engage with issues of de/colonization, representation, gender, and sexuality, and span multiple genres, including fiction, life writing, poetry, drama, film, music, and creative non-fiction.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG357H1
New Writing in Canada [36L]

Close encounters with recent writing in Canada: new voices, new forms, and new responses to old forms. Texts may include or focus on poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction, or new media.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG360H1
Early American Literature [36L]

This course explores writing in a variety of genres produced in the American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as narratives, poetry, autobiography, journals, essays, sermons, court transcripts.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG363Y1
Nineteenth-Century American Literature [72L]

This course explores American writing in a variety of genres from the end of the Revolution to the beginning of the twentieth century.
Exclusion: ENG358Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG364Y1
Twentieth-Century American Literature [72L]

This course explores twentieth-century American writing in a variety of genres.
Exclusion: ENG359Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG365H1
Contemporary American Fiction [36L]

This course explores six or more works by at least four contemporary American writers of fiction.
Exclusion: ENG361H1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG368H1
Asian North American Poetry and Prose [36L]

Close study of works by Asian American and Asian Canadian authors, with attention to the historical and political contexts in which such works have been written and read. Topics may include racial, diasporic, and hybrid identity; cultural nationalism and transnationalism; gender and sexuality; the politics of poetic form.
Exclusion: ENG279Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG370H1
Postcolonial and Transnational Discourses [36L]

This course focuses on recent theorizations of postcoloniality and transnationality through readings of fictional and non-fictional texts, along with analyses of contemporary films and media representations.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG375H1
Studies in Jewish Literature and Culture [36L]

This course will offer a focused exploration of a particular genre, national literature, literary period or thematic thread in modern Jewish literature and culture in English.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG380H1
History of Literary Theory [36L]

Literary theory from classical times to the nineteenth century. Topics include theories of the imagination, genre analysis, aesthetics, the relations between literature and reality and literature and society, and the evaluation and interpretation of literature.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG382Y1
Contemporary Literary Theory [72L]

This course explores literary theory from the early twentieth century to the present. Schools or movements studied may include structuralism, formalism, phenomenology, Marxism, post-structuralism, reader-response theory, feminism, queer theory, new historicism, psychoanalysis, postcolonial theory, and cultural and race studies.
Exclusion: ENG366Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG383H1
Critical Methods [36L]

Sustained study of one school, movement, or approach in literary theory, history, or criticism. Content varies with instructors.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG384Y1
Literature and Psychoanalysis (formerly ENG290Y1) [72L]

An introduction to psychoanalysis for students of literature, this course considers major psychoanalytic ideas through close readings of selected texts by Freud. The course also explores critiques and applications of Freud’s work and examines a selection of literary texts that engage psychoanalytic theory.
Exclusion: ENG290Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG385H1
History of the English Language [36L]

This course explores English from its prehistory to the present day, emphasizing Old, Middle, and Early Modern English and the theory and terminology needed to understand their lexical, grammatical, and phonological structure; language variation and change; codification and standardization; literary and non-literary usage.
Exclusion: ENG367Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG389Y1
Creative Writing [48S]

Restricted to students who in the opinion of the Department show special aptitude for writing poetry, fiction, or drama. For application procedure, see the descriptions online and submit an application by May 15.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor and the Associate Chair
Exclusion: ENG369Y1
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG390Y1
Individual Studies [TBA]

ENG392H1
Individual Studies [TBA]

ENG393H1
Individual Studies [TBA]

ENG394Y1
Individual Studies [TBA]

A scholarly project chosen by the student and supervised by a member of the staff. The form of the project and the manner of its execution are determined in consultation with the supervisor. All project proposals should be submitted by May 15. Proposal forms are available online and from the Department.
Prerequisite: 3.0 ENG FCE, permission of the instructor and the Associate Chair
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG391Y1
Individual Studies (Creative) [TBA]

A project in creative writing chosen by the student and supervised by a member of the staff. The form of the project and the manner of its execution are determined in consultation with the supervisor. All project proposals should be submitted by May 15. Proposal forms are available online and from the Department.
Prerequisite: 3.0 ENG FCE, including ENG389Y1, permission of the instructor and the Associate Chair
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG398H0
Independent Experiential Study Project

ENG399Y0
Independent Experiential Study Project

An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. Details here.
DR=HUM; BR=TBA


400-Series Courses

Note

English 400-series courses are open to students who have obtained standing in at least 9.0 FCE, including at least 5.0 ENG FCE. Students who require a 400-series course to satisfy their program requirements have enrolment priority in the first round of course enrolment. Individual topics to be specified by instructors. Seminars are designed to provide students with the opportunity to practice their skills of research and interpretation at a particularly advanced level. Please note that these Prerequisites will be strictly enforced.



ENG402H1
Special Studies in Old English Poetry [24S]

An undergraduate/graduate seminar devoted to a close reading of selected Old English texts.
Prerequisite: Five courses in English, including ENG240Y1

 

ENG414H1
Advanced Studies: Theory, Language, Methods [24S]

ENG415H1
Advanced Studies: Theory, Language, Methods [24S]

ENG416Y1
Advanced Studies: Theory, Language, Methods [24S]

ENG417Y1
Advanced Studies: Theory, Language, Methods [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG418H1
Advanced Studies Seminar: Theory, Language, Methods [24S]

ENG419Y1
Advanced Studies Seminar: Theory, Language, Methods [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG424H1
Advanced Studies: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures [24S]

ENG425H1
Advanced Studies: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures [24S]

ENG426Y1
Advanced Studies: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures [24S]

ENG427Y1
Advanced Studies: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG428H1
Advanced Studies Seminar: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures [24S]

ENG429Y1
Advanced Studies Seminar: Canadian and Indigenous North American Literatures [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG434H1
Advanced Studies: American and Transnational Literatures [24S]

ENG435H1
Advanced Studies: American and Transnational Literatures [24S]

ENG436Y1
Advanced Studies: American and Transnational Literatures [24S]

ENG437Y1
Advanced Studies: American and Transnational Literatures [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG438H1
Advanced Studies Seminar: American and Transnational Literature [24S]

ENG439Y1
Advanced Studies Seminar: American and Transnational Literatures [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG444H1
Advanced Studies: British Literature to the 19th Century [24S]

ENG445H1
Advanced Studies: British Literature to the 19th Century [24S]

ENG446Y1
Advanced Studies: British Literature to the 19th Century [48S]

ENG447Y1
Advanced Studies: British Literature to the 19th Century [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG448H1
Advanced Studies Seminar: British Literature to the 19th Century [24S]

ENG449Y1
Advanced Studies Seminar: British Literature to the 19th Century [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG454H1
Advanced Studies: Literature since the 18th Century [24S]

ENG455H1
Advanced Studies: Literature since the 18th Century [24S]

ENG456Y1
Advanced Studies: Literature since the 18th Century [48S]


ENG457Y1
Advanced Studies: Literature since the 18th Century [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA


ENG458H1
Advanced Studies Seminar: Literature since the 18th Century [24S]

ENG459Y1
Advanced Studies Seminar: Literature since the 18th Century [48S]

DR=HUM; BR=TBA