A study of major Canadian playwrights and developments since 1940, with some attention to the history of the theatre in Canada.

A study of ten to twelve Canadian works of fiction, primarily novels.

A study of major Canadian poets, modern and contemporary.

A study of works by Indigenous writers from North America and beyond, with significant attention to Indigenous writers in Canada. Texts engage with issues of de/colonization, representation, gender, and sexuality, and span multiple genres, including fiction, life writing, poetry, drama, film, music, and creative non-fiction.

Black Canadian Literature (poetry, drama, fiction, non-fiction) from its origin in the African Slave Trade in the eighteenth century to its current flowering as the expression of immigrants, exiles, refugees, ex-slave-descended, and colonial-settler-established communities. Pertinent theoretical works, films, and recorded music are also considered.

Close encounters with recent writing in Canada: new voices, new forms, and new responses to old forms. Texts may include or focus on poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction, or new media.

This course explores writing in a variety of genres produced in the American colonies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as narratives, poetry, autobiography, journals, essays, sermons, court transcripts.

This course explores American writing in a variety of genres from the end of the Revolution to the beginning of the twentieth century.

This course explores twentieth-century American writing in a variety of genres.

This course explores six or more works by at least four contemporary American writers of fiction.

What, if anything, is distinctively "African" in African texts; what might it mean to produce "African" readings of African literature? We address these, as well as other questions, through close readings of oral performances and literary and other cultural texts.

Literature and cultures of Asian Canadians and Asian Americans, including fiction, poetry, theory, drama, film, and other media.

Major authors and literary traditions of South Asia, with specific attention to literatures in English from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and the diaspora. The focus will be on fiction and poetry with some reference to drama.

This course focuses on recent theorizations of postcoloniality and transnationality through readings of fictional and non-fictional texts, along with analyses of contemporary films and media representations.

Sustained study in a topic pertaining to Indigenous, postcolonial, or transnational literatures. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

Sustained study in a topic pertaining to Indigenous, postcolonial, or transnational literatures. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

Sustained study in a topic pertaining to British literature before 1800. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

Sustained study in a topic pertaining to British literature before 1800. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

Sustained study in a topic pertaining to literary theory, critical methods, or linguistics. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

Sustained study in a topic pertaining to literary theory, critical methods, or linguistics. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

Sustained study in a variety of topics, including: Canadian literature, American literature, Post-1800 British literature, and genres or themes that span across nations and periods. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

Note: An additional fee of $123 will apply to the "Cook the Books" subtitle offering.

Sustained study in a variety of topics, including: Canadian literature, American literature, Post-1800 British literature, and genres or themes that span across nations and periods. Content varies with instructors. See Department website for current offerings. Course may not be repeated under the same subtitle.

This course explores contemporary literary theory, but may include related readings from earlier periods. Schools or movements studied may include structuralism, formalism, phenomenology, Marxism, post-structuralism, reader-response theory, feminism, queer theory, new historicism, psychoanalysis, postcolonial theory, critical race studies, and ecocriticism.

An introduction to psychoanalysis for students of literature, this course considers major psychoanalytic ideas through close readings of selected texts by Freud. The course also explores critiques and applications of Freud's work and examines a selection of literary texts that engage psychoanalytic theory.

This course explores English from its prehistory to the present day, emphasizing Old, Middle, and Early Modern English and the theory and terminology needed to understand their lexical, grammatical, and phonological structure; language variation and change; codification and standardization; literary and non-literary usage.

A course devoted to the study and production of creative nonfiction, with attention to such matters as literary style and rhetoric, authorial self-positioning, and political and ethical considerations. Genres to be considered may include journalism, criticism, essays, biography, memoir, and autotheory. Priority enrolment will be given to students in the Creative Writing Minor. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

A course devoted to the craft of writing poetry, with attention to a range of forms, genres, styles, and compositional methods. The workshopping of student writing will take place alongside discussions of key texts in the field. Priority enrolment will be given to students in the Creative Writing Minor. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

A course devoted to the craft of writing short fiction, with attention to matters such as genre, narratorial perspective, characterization, plot, style, and setting. The workshopping of student writing will take place alongside discussions of key texts in the field. Priority enrolment will be given to students in the Creative Writing Minor. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

A scholarly project chosen by the student and supervised by a member of the staff. The form of the project and the manner of its execution are determined in consultation with the supervisor. Proposal forms and deadlines are available on the department website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.

A scholarly project chosen by the student and supervised by a member of the staff. The form of the project and the manner of its execution are determined in consultation with the supervisor. Proposal forms and deadlines are available on the department website. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.