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Literature Option

Theory and Criticism:

318: Theory of English Studies 2 – Socio-Historical Approaches (Fall)
322: Theories of the Text (Fall)
346: Materiality and Sociology of Text (Winter)
352: Theories of Difference (Fall)

Major Author:

315: Shakespeare (Winter)
316: Milton (Fall)
345: Literature and Society – Is Shakespeare Modern? (Winter)
409: Studies in a Canadian Author - Cohen (Winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare (Winter)
417: Spenser (Winter)
452: Studies in Old English – Reading Beowulf (Fall)

Literature Before 1800:

304: Later 18C Novel (Fall)
308: English Renaissance Drama (Winter)
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
316: Milton (Fall)
342: Introduction to Old English (Fall)
345: Literature and Society – Is Shakespeare Modern? (Winter)
347: Great Writings of Europe (Winter)
349: English Literature and Folklore (Winter)
356: Middle English – Literature of the 15C (Fall)
416: Studies in Shakespeare (Winter)
417: Spenser (Winter)
452: Studies in Old English – Reading Beowulf (Fall)
456: Middle English (Winter)
500: Middle English (Fall)
501: 16C (Winter)

Canadian Literature:

229: Canadian Literature (Fall)
313: Quebec Theatre (Fall)
320: Asian-American and Asian-Canadian Literature (Winter)
328: Development of Canadian Poetry 1 (Winter)
333: Development of Canadian Poetry 2 (Fall)
409: Studies in a Canadian Author – Cohen (Winter)
410: Theme/Movement in Canadian Literature (Winter)
440: Canadian Inuit Literature after 1950 (Fall)
527: Canadian Literature (Fall)

American Literature:

225: American Literature 1 (Winter)
227: American Literature 3 (Winter)
320: Asian-American and Asian-Canadian Literature (Winter)
324: 20C American Prose (Fall)
326: 19C American Prose (Fall)
404: Studies in 19th Century American Literature 1 (Fall)
407: The 20C – Contemporary Narratives of Slavery (Fall)
422: Studies in 19C American Literature (Fall)
506: Studies in 20C Literature – Multi-Ethnic American Histories (Winter)
525: American Literature (Winter)

Backgrounds of English Literature:

347: Great Writings of Europe (Winter)
349: English Literature and Folklore (Winter)

Old English:

342: Introduction to Old English (Fall)
452: Studies in Old English – Reading Beowulf (Fall)

Medieval:

356: Middle English – Literature of the 15C (Fall)
456: Middle English (Winter)
500: Middle English (Fall)

Renaissance:

308: English Renaissance Drama (Winter)
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
316: Milton (Fall)
345: Literature and Society – Is Shakespeare Modern? (Winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare (Winter)
417: Spenser (Winter)
501: 16C (Winter)

18C Literature:

304: Later 18C Novel (Fall)

Romanticism:

331: Literature of the Romantic Period 1 (Winter)

Victorian:

329: English Novel in the 19th Century 1 (Winter)

19C American:

225: American Literature 1 (Winter)
326: 19C American Prose (Fall)
422: Studies in 19C American Literature (Fall)
525: American Literature (Winter)

Modern:

335: Twentieth Century Novel 1 - British Fiction (Fall)
414: Studies in 20C Literature – Women in Modern Poetry (Fall)

Contemporary:

320: Asian-American and Asian-Canadian Literature (Winter)
324: 20C American Prose (Winter)
335: 20C British Novel (Fall)
385: Topics in Literature and Film – Solitude (Winter)
407: The 20C – Contemporary Narratives of Slavery (Fall)
409: Studies in a Canadian Author – Cohen (Winter)
415: Studies in 20C Lit 2 – British 1930s (Winter)
440: Canadian Inuit Literature after 1950 (Fall)
444: Women’s Writing and Feminist Theory – Gender and Postcolonial Literature (Winter)
492: Image and Text – The Graphic Novel (Fall)
505: 20C Literature (Fall)
506: Studies in 20C Literature – Multi-Ethnic American Histories (Winter)

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