Literature Option

Theory and Criticism:

317: Theory of English Studies 1 – Philosophical Approaches (Winter)Ç
318: Theory of English Studies 2 – Socio-Historical Approaches (Fall)
319: Cultural Theory Now (Winter)
322: Theories of the Text (Winter)
346: Materiality and Sociology of Text (Fall)

Major Author:

316: Milton (Fall)
345: Literature and Society – Is Shakespeare Modern? (Fall)
357: Chaucer – Canterbury Tales (Winter)
403: Studies in the 18th Century: Jonathan Swift – Satirist, Parodist, Poet (Fall)
410: Theme or Movement in Canadian Literature: Michael Ondaatje’s Poetry and Fiction (Winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (Fall)
418: A Major Modernist Author: T.S. Eliot (Winter)
421: African Literature: Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Fall)
440: First Nations and Inuit Literature and Media: Alootook Ipellie (Fall)
452: Studies in Old English: Reading Beowulf (Winter)

Literature Before 1800:

301: Earlier 18C Novel (Fall)
305: Renaissance English Literature 1 (Winter)
308: English Renaissance Drama 1 (Winter)
315: Shakespeare (Winter)
316: Milton (Fall)
337: Theme or Genre in Medieval Literature: Medieval Irish Literature (Fall)
342: Introduction to Old English (Fall)
345: Literature and Society: Is Shakespeare Modern? (Fall)
347: Great Writings of Europe 1 (Winter)
348: Great Writings of Europe 2: Early European Literature (Fall)
357: Chaucer – Canterbury Tales (Winter)
400: Earlier English Renaissance: Elizabethan Romance – Prose Fiction, Narrative Poetry, and Drama (Winter)
403: Studies in the 18th Century: Jonathan Swift – Satirist, Parodist, Poet (Fall)
416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (Fall)
452: Studies in Old English: Reading Beowulf (Winter)
456: Middle English: Mnemonic Theory and Practice from Plato to Chaucer (Winter)
461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)
500: Middle English: Monsters, Saints, and Heroes – The Fantastic in the Middle Ages (Winter)
503: 18th Century: The Villain-Hero (Winter)
516: Shakespeare: Performing the World – Shakespeare’s Sonnets (Winter)
530: Literary Forms: Early Modern Sex Differences and Discursive Forms (Fall)

Canadian Literature:

228: Introduction to Canadian Literature 1 (Winter)
229: Introduction to Canadian Literature 2 (Fall)
313: Canadian Drama and Theatre: Contemporary Canadian Indigenous Theatre (Winter)
327: Canadian Prose Fiction 1 (Winter)
333: Development of Canadian Poetry 2 (Fall)
378: Media and Culture: Introduction to Inuit, Métis, and First Nations Literature (Fall)
408: The 20th Century: Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
410: Theme or Movement in Canadian Literature: Michael Ondaatje’s Poetry and Fiction (Winter)
413: Special Topics in Canadian Drama and Theatre: Contemporary Canadian Political and Community-Engaged Theatre (Winter)
440: First Nations and Inuit Literature and Media: Alootook Ipellie (Fall)
467: Advanced Studies in Theatre History: Uncovering the History of English-Language History in Quebec (Fall)
527: Canadian Literature: Four Major Contemporary Canadian Poets – Margaret Atwood, Robert Kroetsch, Michael Ondaatje, and Karen Solie (Winter)

American Literature:

225: American Literature 1 (Winter)
227: American Literature 3 (Fall)
326: 19C American Prose: The Emergence of the Modern American Short Story (Fall)
414: Studies in 20C Literature 1: 20th Century African American Literature (Winter)
422: Studies in 19C American Literature: Whitman and Dickinson (Fall)
525: American Literature: Emergence of the Modern Short Story – Poe, Hawthorne, Melville (Winter)

Backgrounds of English Literature:

347: Great Writings of Europe 1 (Winter)
348: Great Writings of Europe 2: Early European Literature (Fall)
456: Middle English: Mnemonic Theory and Practice from Plato to Chaucer (Winter)
461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)

Old English:

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

Medieval:

337: Theme or Genre in Medieval Literature: Medieval Irish Literature (Fall)
348: Great Writings of Europe 2: Early European Literature (Fall)
357: Chaucer – Canterbury Tales (Winter)
456: Middle English: Mnemonic Theory and Practice from Plato to Chaucer (Winter)
500: Middle English: Monsters, Saints, and Heroes – The Fantastic in the Middle Ages (Winter)

Renaissance:

305: Renaissance English Literature 1 (Winter)
308: English Renaissance Drama 1 (Winter)
316: Milton (Fall)
345: Literature and Society: Is Shakespeare Modern? (Fall)
348: Great Writings of Europe 2: Early European Literature (Fall)
400: Earlier English Renaissance: Elizabethan Romance – Prose Fiction, Narrative Poetry, and Drama (Winter)
416: Studies in Shakespeare: Shakespeare and Transformation (Fall)
516: Shakespeare: Performing the World – Shakespeare’s Sonnets (Winter)
530: Literary Forms: Early Modern Sex Differences and Discursive Forms (Fall)

18C Literature:

301: Earlier 18C Novel (Fall)
403: Studies in the 18th Century: Jonathan Swift – Satirist, Parodist, Poet (Fall)
461: Studies in Literary Theory 2: Eros, Confession, and Self-Construction in Autobiography and the Novel (Fall)
503: 18th Century: The Villain-Hero (Winter)

Romanticism:

331: Literature of the Romantic Period 1 (Fall)
423: Studies in 19C Literature: Mothers, Fathers, and Monsters – Forms of Reproduction in 19th Century British Literature and Culture (Fall)

Victorian:

312: Victorian and Edwardian Theatre (Winter)
330: English Novel: 19th Century 2 (Fall)
423: Studies in 19C Literature: Mothers, Fathers, and Monsters – Forms of Reproduction in 19th Century British Literature and Culture (Fall)

19C American:

225: American Literature 1 (Winter)
326: 19C American Prose: The Emergence of the Modern American Short Story (Fall)
422: Studies in 19C American Literature: Whitman and Dickinson (Fall)
525: American Literature: Emergence of the Modern Short Story – Poe, Hawthorne, Melville (Winter)

Modern:

408: The 20th Century: Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
414: Studies in 20C Literature 1: 20th Century African American Literature (Winter)
418: A Major Modernist Author: T.S. Eliot (Winter)
438: Studies in Literary Form: Global Realisms (Fall)

Contemporary:

227: American Literature 3 (Fall)
408: The 20th Century: Canadian Ecopoetry (Winter)
410: Theme or Movement in Canadian Literature: Michael Ondaatje’s Poetry and Fiction (Winter)
414: Studies in 20C Literature 1: 20th Century African American Literature (Winter)
421: African Literature: Ngugi wa Thiong’o (Fall)
438: Studies in Literary Form: Global Realisms (Fall)
440: First Nations and Inuit Literature and Media: Alootook Ipellie (Fall)
484: Seminar in the Film: Contemporary Narrative Film and Literature (Fall)
492: Image and Text: The Graphic Novel (Fall)
527: Canadian Literature: Four Major Contemporary Canadian Poets – Margaret Atwood, Robert Kroetsch, Michael Ondaatje, and Karen Solie (Winter)

Additional courses:

360: Literary Criticism (Fall)
540: Literary Theory 1: The Rise of the World Literature Paradigm (Fall)
(In addition, all of the above courses can count as additional courses on the audit sheet if they are not fulfilling another particular requirement.)