The course examines representative fiction of Henry James, probably the most influential novelist of the late 19th century. James pioneered the international theme, bridging the gap between American and European cultures, as his narrative experiments bridge male and female consciousnesses.Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: AP/EN 4335 3.00 was AS/EN 4212 3.00
We study a handful of Melville's many novels, short stories, and poems. Characteristic topics include cultural relativism, the nature of the universe, slavery, the bachelor (the man of naïve ""half-vision""), paradise lost and regained, the monomaniac, feminist issues, and Transcendentalism as a movement and an epistemology. Additionally, we consider aspects of Melville's prose style and […]
Applying various critical approaches, the course examines Poe's tales of horror, his detective fiction, his one novel, his lyric poetry, and his critical theories about the short story and poetry. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: AP/EN 4332 3.00 (Edgar Allan Poe) was AS/EN 4219 3.00 (Studies in the Literature of the U.S.: Poe)
This course is about American women poets from Emily Dickinson (b. 1830) to Riat Dove (b. 1952). Of many ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds and with diverse understandings of gender, they all renew inherited traditions of poetry.Course credit exclusion: AP/EN 3315 6.00 (prior to Fall 2012). PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/EN 3430E […]
This course explores the relationship between nature, society, and literature under the rubric of ecocriticism by interrogating cultural and political contexts of environmental engagement that contribute to Canadian ideologies of self and nation in early (pre-settlement) to contemporary works.Prerequisites: For English Majors/Minors only: AP/EN 1001 3.00 (with a grade of C (60%) or higher) and […]
A selection of recent work by Canadian playwrights.Course credit exclusion: AP/EN 4255 6.00, AP/EN 4255 3.00 (prior to Fall 2012). PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AK/EN 3700 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 1999-2000), AK/EN 3963 6.00.
A selection of recent work by Canadian playwrights.Course credit exclusion: AP/EN 4255 6.00, AP/EN 4255 3.00 (prior to Fall 2012). PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AK/EN 3700 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 1999-2000), AK/EN 3963 6.00.
With an eye to continuing and emerging themes, issues, and styles, this course examines works produced by Canadian writers over the recent decades. A variety of genres are considered as well as relevant critical approaches and theories. Course credit exclusions: AP/EN 4255 6.00, GL/EN 4450 6.00, AP/EN 4254 6.00. AP/EN 4254 3.00 is a 3.00 […]
With an eye to continuing and emerging themes, issues, and styles, this course examines works produced by Canadian writers over the recent decades. A variety of genres are considered as well as relevant critical approaches and theories. Course credit exclusions: AP/EN 4255 6.00, GL/EN 4450 6.00, AP/EN 4254 6.00. AP/EN 4254 3.00 is a 3.00 […]
This course surveys the history of Canadian science fiction and fantasy from the early 19th century to the present day, covering texts by writers working in both English and French (in translation).Course credit exclusion: AP/EN 4253 3.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/EN 4371 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: AP/EN 4253 6.00 (Canadian […]