AP/EN 4720 6.0 Print Culture & the History of the Book

Print Culture and the History of the Book is a vast and continuously developing multidisciplinary field that explores the contribution of writing to the evolution of critical thinking, communication, and social development, from cuneiform-inscribed clay tablets to the latest electronic reading devices, and from moveable type to ebooks. This introductory course considers the book as […]

AP/EN 4595 3.0 Contemporary British Writers

Examines significant literary works by two or more British writers who began publishing in the 1950s or later and uses statements of literary or cultural theory by these authors and/or others  as part of the process of examining the literary works.Course credit exclusions: None. Open to: 4000-level English majors.

AP/EN 4591 3.0 Recent Irish Poetry

This course considers the works of Irish poets, both from the North of Ireland and the Republic, from the mid-1960s to the present. Particular attention is paid to the relation of contemporary poets to nationality, language and history.Course credit exclusion: AP/EN 4591 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/EN 4336 6.00. Note: 3.00 […]

AP/EN 4585 3.0 Modernist Fiction

This course examines the fiction (both short stories and novels) of writers from Britain, Ireland, and America during themodernist period (circa 1890 to 1945).

AP/EN 4584 3.0 20th Century British Humour

This course looks in depth at British humour in the 20th century (and just a little before). Writers surveyed may include Jerome K. Jerome, P.G. Wodehouse, Kingley Amis, Flann O'Brien, Tom Sharpe, Fay Weldon, and Helen Fielding.Prerequisites: For English Majors/Minors only; AP/EN 1001 3.00 (with a grade of C or higher) and AP/EN 1002 3.00 […]

AP/EN 4583 3.0 Virginia Woolf

This course concentrates on seven novels by Virginia Woolf, possibly the most celebrated of British women Modernists, and considers her short stories, biographies, essays, diaries and her circle of literary acquaintances. PRIOR TO WINTER 2018: course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 3006 3.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: AP/EN 4583 3.00 (Virginia Woolf) was AS/EN 4266 3.00 (Studies […]

AP/EN 4582 3.0 James Joyce

Through selected texts, this course explores the literature of James Joyce. Please consult the departmental supplemental calendar for a detailed course description.Course credit exclusion: AP/EN 4582 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/EN 4260B 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2003-2004), AS/EN 4268 6.00.

AP/EN 4581 3.0 Decadence

This course considers how decadence was variously defined and practiced—in creative and critical texts, inlife—from the 1860s to the early 1900s (late Victorian Anglo-Irish literature). This course is open to 4th year honours students only (in any major).

AP/EN 4580 6.0 19th Cent. Lit.: Victorians into Moderns

A number of Victorian-era poets made innovative uses of form and technique in works that pioneered "modern" themes and sensibilities. This course focuses on poems by Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Emily Dickinson, and Thomas Hardy.Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AS/EN 4200C 6.00 (prior to Fall/Winter 2003-2004), […]

AP/EN 4579 6.0 Late Victorian Fiction & the 'New Woman'

This course focuses on literature related to the 'New Woman' phenomenon on the late-19th century, examining connections between her representations in fiction and those constructed in the periodical press and other literary forms of the time.Course credit exclusions: None. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusion: AS/EN 4265 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: AP/EN 4579 […]