Students will read various plays representing the range of Shakespeare's work.

This course asserts the claim of the King James Bible to a supreme position in English literature in two ways: by regarding the KJB as encyclopaedic book of various genres, and by considering it as the single most important source of myth and symbols for English authors. The influence of writers ranging from Shakespeare to T.S. Eliot will be uncovered.

At an introductory level, this course emphasizes the principles and practices of writing publishable poetry. Students are encouraged to write in a variety of forms aimed at traditional publication or other markets.

At an introductory level, this course emphasizes the principles and practices of writing publishable prose. Students are allowed to write in various genres aimed at traditional publication or other markets.

This course will address some closely linked topics in literature and religion mainly in the biblical tradition. Students will read selected biblical texts and works of literature from different historical periods. The focus will be on a wide variety of concepts such as self-knowledge, imagination and nature.

An introduction to the study of literature written by Aboriginal writers in Canada.

An examination of women’s writing in English from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

A comprehensive study of Shakespeare's life, times, and plays, with close attention to representative comedies, tragedies and histories, along with an investigation of traditional Shakespeare scholarship, performance-based criticism, and diverse new critical approaches.

Studies of representative plays, along with an investigation of traditional Shakespeare scholarship, performance-based criticism, and diverse new critical approaches.

Selected works from the English context.

An examination of selected English texts written between 1660 and 1800.

Studies in selected English works written between 1789 and 1830.

Representative works of early twentieth century American novelists will be covered.

A study of American writing since 1970, examining issues of language, power, gender, class, race, politics and significant moments in American culture and literary production.

A study of representative works of major early modern British novelists including writers such as Hardy, Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce and Forster.

This is a study of representative modern works by Canadian authors written mainly between 1925 and the 1960s. The course includes authors like Mitchell, Roy, Ross, Laurence, O'Hagan, Davies, Atwood, Purdy, Lane, and Birney.

A study of contemporary and postmodern works written since 1960 by Canadian authors like Laurence, Highway, Munro, Ondaatje, Urquhart, MacLeod, Vanderhaeghe, Crozier, Brand and Wayman.

An examination of both the writing and theorizing of literature in English from countries and former colonies of the British Empire.

An examination of the theory and practice of popular culture including, but not limited to, the investigations of television, Disney, Hollywood, shopping malls, video games, music, sports, cyberspace, and “trash” fiction.

This course examines children’s literature in English in historical and contemporary contexts.