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Undergraduate Studies

Literature Option

NB:      Students in an English program who wish to take an introductory Shakespeare course must take ENGL 315 and not ENGL 215.  If you took ENGL 215 prior to declaring your English program on Minerva, however, that course may count retroactively towards your program requirements in one of:  pre-1800 courses; Major Author; Shakespeare; Renaissance.

Pre-1800 Courses

ENGL 301     -     Earlier 18th-Century Novel  (Fall)

ENGL 304     -     Later Eighteenth Century Novel  (Winter)

ENGL 307     -     Renaissance English Literature 2  (Winter)

ENGL 308     -     English Renaissance Drama 1  (Winter)

ENGL 310     -     Restoration & 18th C. Drama  (Fall)

ENGL 315     -     Shakespeare (Protean Shakespeare)  (Fall)

ENGL 316     -     Milton  (Fall)

ENGL 347     -     Great Writings of Europe 1 (Foundations of Western Epic and Mythology: Virgil and Ovid)  (Fall)

ENGL 348     -     Great Writings of Europe 2 (Arthurian Legends)  (Winter)

ENGL 354     -     Sexuality and Representation: Queer Screens  (Fall)

ENGL 356     -     Middle English  (Fall)

ENGL 416     -     Studies in Shakespeare  (Winter)

ENGL 358     -     Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde  (Fall)

ENGL 437     -     Studies in a Literary Form (Eighteenth Century Autobiography)  (Winter)

ENGL 456     -     Middle English (Literature and Material Culture)  (Winter)

ENGL 500     -     Middle English (Apocalypse and Revelation)  (Fall)

ENGL 503     -     18th-Century Literature (Jane Austen)  (Winter)

ENGL 516     -     Shakespeare (Making Publics in Early Modern England)  (Fall)

ENGL 566     -     Special Studies in Drama: Angels and She-Devils on the Restoration Stage  (Winter)

 

Theory and Criticism 

ENGL 318     -     Theory of English Studies 3  (Fall)

ENGL 319     -     Theory of English Studies 2  (Winter)

ENGL 346     -     Sociology and Materiality of Text  (Winter)

 

Major Author

ENGL 315     -     Shakespeare (Protean Shakespeare)  (Fall)

ENGL 316     -     Milton  (Fall)

ENGL 329     -     English Novel: 19th Century 1 (Charlotte Brontë)  (Winter)

ENGL 358     -     Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde  (Fall)

ENGL 409     -     A Canadian Author  (Fall)

ENGL 414     -     Studies in 20th C. Literature 1 (H.D.)  (Fall)

ENGL 422     -     Studies in 19th C. American Literature (Herman Melville)  (Winter)

ENGL 503     -     18th-Century Literature (Jane Austen)  (Winter)

ENGL 516     -     Shakespeare (Making Publics in Early Modern England)  (Fall)

 

Backgrounds of English Literature

ENGL 347     -     Great Writings of Europe 1 (Foundations of Western Epic and Mythology:  Virgil and Ovid)  (Fall)

ENGL 348     -     Great Writings of Europe 2    (Arthurian Legends)  (Winter)

ENGL 447     -     Xcurrents / Eng. Lit & Eur Lit 1 (Literature of Metamorphosis)  (Fall)

Medieval

ENGL 348     -     Great Writings of Europe 2 (Arthurian Legends)  (Winter)

ENGL 356     -     Middle English  (Fall)

ENGL 358     -     Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde  (Fall)

ENGL 456     -     Middle English (Literature and Material Culture)  (Winter)

ENGL 500     -     Middle English (Apocalypse and Revelation)  (Winter)

                                                                           

Renaissance 

ENGL 307     -     Renaissance English Literature 2  (Winter)

ENGL 308     -     English Renaissance Drama 1      (Winter)

ENGL 315     -     Shakespeare (Protean Shakespeare)  (Fall)

ENGL 316     -     Milton  (Fall)

ENGL 416     -     Studies in Shakespeare  (Winter)

ENGL 516     -     Shakespeare (Making Publics in Early Modern England)  (Fall)

 

Restoration

ENGL 310     -     Restoration & 18th C. Drama  (Fall)

ENGL 566     -     Special Studies in Drama: Angels and She-Devils on the Restoration Stage  (Winter)

 

18th Century

ENGL 301     -     Earlier 18th-Century Novel  (Fall)

ENGL 304     -     Later Eighteenth Century Novel  (Winter)

ENGL 437     -     Studies in a Literary Form (Eighteenth Century Autobiography)  (Winter)

ENGL 503     -     18th-Century Literature (Jane Austen)  (Winter)

 

Romantic

ENGL 331     -     Literature of the Romantic Period 1  (Fall)

ENGL 332     -     Literature of the Romantic Period 2  (Winter)

 

Victorian

ENGL 329     -     19th Century Novel 1 (Charlotte Brontë)  (Winter)

ENGL 330     -     19th-Century Novel 2  (Fall)

ENGL 404     -     Studies in 19th-Century Literature 1  (Winter)

 

19th-Century American 

ENGL 326     -     19th C. American Prose  (Fall)

ENGL 422     -     Studies in 19th C. American Literature (Herman Melville)  (Winter)

 

Early 20th Century

ENGL 324     -     20th C. American Prose  (Winter)

ENGL 414     -     Studies in 20th Century Literature 1 (H.D.)  (Fall)

ENGL 505     -     20th-Century Literature ("Fascination" of Difficulty)  (Winter)

 

Modernist 

ENGL 410     -     Theme or Movement Canadian Literature    (Winter)

ENGL 414     -     Studies in 20th-Century Literature 1 (H.D.)  (Fall)

ENGL 415     -     Studies in 20th C. Literature 2  (Fall)

ENGL 505     -     20th-Century Literature ("Fascination" of Difficulty)  (Winter)

ENGL 527     -     Canadian Literature  (Fall)

 

Post-modernist

ENGL 333     -     Development of Canadian Poetry 2  (Fall)

ENGL 419     -     Studies in 20th Century Canadian Literature  (Fall)

ENGL 568     -     Topics in the Dramatic Form (Contemporary Tragedy)  (Fall)

 

Contemporary

ENGL 324     -     20th C. American Prose  (Winter)

ENGL 333     -     Development of Canadian Poetry 2  (Fall)

ENGL 336     -     20th-Century Novel 2 (British Fiction: 1975-2000)  (Fall)

ENGL 419     -     Studies in 20th Century Canadian Literature  (Fall)

ENGL 441     -     Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies  (Winter)

ENGL 492     -     Image and Text (Graphic Novel)  (Winter)

ENGL 568     -     Topics in the Dramatic Form (Contemporary Tragedy)  (Fall)

 

Shakespeare

ENGL 315     -     Shakespeare (Protean Shakespeare)  (Fall)

ENGL 389     -     Studies in Popular Culture (Shakespeare on Film)  (Fall)

ENGL 416     -     Studies in Shakespeare  (Winter)

ENGL 516     -     Shakespeare (Making Publics in Early Modern England)  (Fall)

 

Canadian 

ENGL 229     -     Introduction to Canadian Literature 2  (Winter)

ENGL 328     -     Development of Canadian Poetry 1     (Winter)

ENGL 333     -     Development of Canadian Poetry 2  (Fall)

ENGL 409     -     A Canadian Author  (Fall)

ENGL 410     -     A Theme or Movement in Canadian Literature  (Winter)

ENGL 419     -     Studies in Twentieth Century Canadian Literature  (Fall)

ENGL 441     -     Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies  (Winter)

ENGL 527     -     Canadian Literature  (Fall)

 

American

ENGL 324     -     20th C. American Prose  (Winter)

ENGL 326     -     19th C. American Prose  (Fall)

ENGL 422     -     Studies in 19th C. American Literature (Herman Melville)  (Winter)

ENGL 441     -     Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies  (Winter)

  

Cultural Studies  ( as Literature Honours requirement)

  • Any course on the Complementary Course List for Cultural Studies fulfills this requirement.

 

Drama and Theatre  (as Literature Honours requirement)

  • Any course on the Complementary Course List for Drama and Theatre fulfills this requirement

  

Additional courses from the Literature Option’s offerings

  • This category includes all the courses listed above except required courses, as well as the courses listed below.
  • Note that any English course not on this list — such as courses in Cultural Studies — may not count towards your Literature program.

 

ENGL 345     -     Literature and Society  (Fall)

ENGL 364     -     Creative Writing: Fiction 2  (Winter)

ENGL 385     -     Topics in Literature and Film (Solitude in Literature and Film)  (Winter)

ENGL 440     -     First Nations and Inuit Literature and Media  (Winter)

ENGL 540     -     Literary Theory 1  (Winter)

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