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English (ENGL)
105 courses in the 1979–80 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Department of English
Faculty listed in 1979–80
Professor, Chairman of the Department W. U. Ober, BA (Washington and Lee), PhD (Indiana)
Professor, Associate Chairman and Undergraduate Officer W. R. Martin, BA, MA, D Litt et Phil (South Africa)
Associate Professor and Graduate Officer G. E. Slethaug, BA (Pacific Lutheran), MA, PhD (Nebraska)
Professor and Associate Dean, Special Programmes K. L. Ledbetter, AB (Central College, Mo.), MA, PhD (Illinois)
Professors.
L. A. Cummings’, AB (Washington, AM (Missouri), PhD (Washington).
Faculty listed in 1979–80
J. Gold, BA (Birmingham), PhD (Wisconsin)
J.C. Gray, BA (Washington State), MA (Connecticut), PhD (Syracuse) -
G.R. Hibbard, BA, MA(London)
W. K. Thomas, MA, PhD (Toronto)
H. Tuyn, MA (Utrecht and Oxon), Docteur de l'Université de ParisR
Faculty listed in 1979–80
Associate Professors R. R. Dubinski, BA, MA (W. Ont.), PhD (Toronto) A.1. Dust, MA, PhD (Illinois) H. B. Ellis, BA (Rollins), MA, PhD (Illinois) R. N. Gosselink, BA (Kansas), MA PhD (Colorado) N.C. Hultin, BA (Concordia), MA (Chicago), PhD (Johns Hopkins) P. M. Hinchcliffe, BA (Br. Col.) MA, PhD (Toronto) J D.R. Letson, BA (Waterloo), MA(McMaster), PhD (Toronto) J R. Lister, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto) H. M. Logan, AB (Franklin and Marshall), PhD (Pennsylvania) W. R. Macnaughton, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Wisconsin) E. P.McCormack, MA (Glasgow), PhD (Manitoba) J J.S. North, BA, MA (Br. Col), PhD (Alberta) E. F. Shields, BA (Chestnut Hill), MA (Villanova), PhD (Illinois) J.S. Stone, BA, MA (Br. Col.)
Assistant Professors P. D. Beam, BA (Waterloo), MA(McMaster).
PhD (Toronto) ; S. Fogel, BA (Carleton), MA(Br. Col.), PhD (Purdue) J D.S. Keppel-Jones, BA (Natal), MA, PhD (Queen's) J Sister M. Leon, SSND, BA (Toronto), MA (Detroit) J C.&.McGee, BA, MA, PhD (Toronta) J S.E.McMullin, BA, MA (Carleton), PhD (Dalhousie) M. G. Thysell, MA (Montana), PhD (lowa)
Lecturer
L. Dorney, BA MA (Louisville) J (part-time)
J. Miller, BA BLS (McGill), MA, MPhil (Waterloo) R (part-time)
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For courses in Drama, see Drama and Theatre Arts Group in this Chapter.
Although the Department of English provides advisors to help students to choose their programmes, to arrange their courses and to conform with the University, Faculty, and departmental regulations, students are urged to study the Calendar very carefully because they are themselves responsible for failure to abide by these regulations.
Note 1
W. K. Thomas's Correct Form in Essay Writing is the official style sheet for all undergraduate English courses.
Note 2
The “normal” number of lectures per week in each course fs three; however, each instructor determines how often his particular class will meet.
Note 3 In all English courses, emphasis will be placed on student essays written in connection with the reading.
Course Descriptions
Consult the time-table for an up-to-date list of courses offered in 1979-80.
Group One
1) Courses in this group count towards a degree as electives in any programme in the University. None of them, however, may be counted as an English Major credit; in other words, none of them fulfills a core requirement for a General or an Honours programme in English.
A) Courses in Group 1(A) are primarily concerned with assisting students to improve their writing.
ENGL 109 Introduction to Essay Writing 1
Listed without a description.
ENGL 110 Introduction to Essay Writing 2
Listed without a description.
ENGL 129R Introduction to Written English
Listed without a description.
ENGL 209 Advanced Essay Writing
Listed without a description.
ENGL 210 Report Writing
Listed without a description.
ENGL 309 Seminar in Essay Writing
Listed without a description.
ENGL 335 Creative Writing Course Descriptions English
Listed without a description.
ENGL 150 English as an Instrument of Thought and Communication 1
Listed without a description.
ENGL 151 English as an Instrument of Thought and Communication 2
Listed without a description.
ENGL 140R The Useof English 1 Engii41R The Useof English 2
Listed without a description.
ENGL 245R Form and Function Note
Listed without a description.
ENGL 109 Introduction to Essay Writing 1F,W,S 0.5
The course teaches the construction of the expository essay with attention to the structure of good paragraphs, to techniques of putting the essay together, and to the nature of the language. Ten to twelve short writing assignments are required.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 110 Introduction to Essay Writing 2W 0.5
The course teaches the construction of the persuasive essay, with attention to the elements of logical thinking, to the techniques of successful persuasion, and to the demands of the library research paper. Six to eight writing assignments are required.
Prereq: Eng! 109
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 129R Introduction to Written EnglishF,W,S 10,2L,1T 0.5
Instruction provided in basic grammar, sentence and paragraph structures, elements of composition and essay writing including focus on theme, development of central idea, exposition and argumentation. Minimum of four hours of instruction each week with additional tutorial hours as required.
Prereq: Open only to students whose maternal language is not English who lack language mastery sufficient for admission to other introductory English language courses.
ENGL 209 Advanced Essay WritingF 0.5
Provides further opportunities for serious students of writing to study and to practise descriptive, expository, argumentative, and persuasive writing. In addition to lectures, there are workshop sessions in which student writing is discussed.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above
ENGL 210 Report Writing. F,W 0.5
The many functions of the report - an orderly and objective communication of factual information which serves some specific purpose - are taught. Students will receive practice in research, in organization, and in writing many kinds of reports.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above
ENGL 309 Seminar in Essay Writing0.5
Classical theories of rhetoric and the various devices available to an author to achieve various ends are the key theoretical principles of the course as students pursue extended and sophisticated forms of the essay. Prereq: Eng! 209 or consent of instructor
ENGL 335 Creative Writing0.5
Aimed at encouraging students to develop their creative and critical potentials, the course consists of supervised practice, tutorials, and seminar discussions.
1B)
ENGL 150 English as an Instrument of Thought and Communication 1~~ F,W 0.5
The course is designed to improve the reading and writing of students from all disciplines. In order to develop clarity of thought and critical awareness, students will identify and study in various media the various ends that are served by language: objective reporting; persuasion; argument; and emotional, social, and artistic expression. About eight written exercises are assigned.
Also offered at Renison College
ENGL 151 English as an instrument of Thought and Communication 2W 0.5
A continuation of Engl 150. From a basis of simple semantics and elementary logic, students will proceed to examine more complex language and to examine fiction and other forms of literature. About six written exercises are assigned.
Prereq: Engi 150
Also offered at Renison College
ENGL 140R The Use of English 1FLW 0.5
The use and abuse of spoken and written English. The study and evaluation of language as it is used for various purposes (e.g., colloquial, scientific, legal, political, commercial, journalistic, literary) in order to increase critical awareness and help students to write clearly and effectively themselves.
Course Descriptions 295 English
ENGL 141R The Use of English 2W 0.5
A continuation of Engl 140R. The study of factual, emotive, scientific and imaginative writing; relevance, context; meaning, tone, feeling and intention. Prereq: Engi 140R
ENGL 245R Form and Function
Listed without a description.
ENGL 101 The Living TraditionY 1.0
An examination of examples of the greatest literature in English and its relation to the periods of its origin. Figures such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, Blake, Keats, Tennyson, Dickens, and T. S. Eliot will be examined.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 102 Poem, Play and StoryY 1.0
Different kinds of literature will be explored so as to discover how the shape of a literary work contributes to its meaning. Students wiil read ballad, lyric, and narrative poetry; classic tragedy and comedy and absurdist, existential and expressionist plays; novels and short stories.
ENGL 108 Themes of Literature
Listed without a description.
ENGL 108A The Hero0.5
A study of human excellence in thought and action embodied in representative men and women, as seen through works of literature.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
ENGL 108B Utopia and Anti-Utopia0.5
This course will attempt to acquaint the student with forms of the literary artist's moral vision of man in “Utopian” writings. It will involve an examination of the role of the imagination in helping to inform and embody cultural ideas of various periods.
ENGL 108C Literature and Morality
Listed without a description.
ENGL 108D The Quest Theme in Literature
Not offered in 1979–80.
ENGL 108E Women in Literature0.5
A study of the nature and role of women in British, Canadian, and American literature. Works by both men and women will be studied in which women are seen in such forms as earth mothers, people, sex objects, and bitches.
ENGL 108F The Rebel0.5
A study of various works of literature in which the protagonist is a rebel against existing norms. The course will examine a number of rebel types and concepts, moral implications and final outcomes either in successful realization or in tragic defeat.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 108H Isolation and Alienation0.5
The study of a variety of works centering on the theme of man in crisis, the stress being on the individual at
variance with his inner self, his fellow man, or his world.
The course will discuss the process in which wisdom and maturity are gained as the utlimate products of suffering.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 190 Shakespeare0.5
Designed for students in all faculties, the course examines some of Shakespeare’s comedies, history plays, and tragedies. Shakespeare's variety and flexibility in developing characters and dramatic structures are stressed, as are significant themes. No previous work in Shakespeare is required.
ENGL 201 The Short Story0.5
Examples are the stories of Hemingway, Faulkner, James, D. H. Lawrence, and modern Canadian writers.
ENGL 202 The Bible and LiteratureY 1.0
The study of major themes, stories, myths, and characters of the Old and New Testaments of the King James Bible, and their influence on other English literature.
Course Descriptions English
ENGL 203 Introduction to Folklore 10.5
An introduction to the scope and aims of folklore, together with a survey of the major types of folklore in the English tradition from nations of the English-speaking world. Topics such as oral literature, myth, legend, tale, and marchen will be discussed.
ENGL 204 Introduction to Folklore 20.5
Similar to 203 but dealing with folk-drama, ballads, songs, medicines, riddles, chants, proverbs, and charms.
ENGL 205R The Canadian Short StoryF,W,S 3C 0.5
The Canadian short story, from its beginnings ~ in the bush, in the north, on the land, in the small towns - through the struggles of an urbanizing society to the present. Students wiil be expected to work in some depth with individual authors.
Note R Courses are administered by Renison College.
ENGL 208 Literary Genres and Themes
ENGL 208A Forms of Fantasy0.5
This course will deal with the history and forms of fantasy written for adults. In considering the genre, related forms like the romance, the fairy tale, the fable, and the gothic horror story will be discussed. Authors such as Morris, C. S. Lewis, Tolkien, Williams, and White wil! be studied.
ENGL 208B Science Fiction0.5
Various examples drawn, for instance, from Utopian and anti-Utopian science fiction, social science fiction, “gadget” science fiction, parapsychology, and alternate worlds and beings, will be considered. Some attention will be given to the historical development of the genre. Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 208C Studies in Children’s Literature0.5
This course will deal with classic works of children’s - literature, including fantasy written primarily for children. Selections by such authors as Kipling, Woolf, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Kenneth Grahame, and Thurber will be studied.
ENGL 208D Modern Satire0.5
The mode of satire in the fiction, drama, poetry, and discourse of the 20th century. Particular attention to the literary works of Waugh, Huxley, Orwell, Parker, Heller, Hiebert, and a dramatist of the absurd, but also attention to satiric cartoons and nightclub satire.
ENGL 208E Women Writers of the 20th Century0.5
A study of such major 20th-century women writers as Woolf, Hellman, Murdoch, McCarthy, Lessing, Laurence, Plath and Atwood. Emphasis will be on the concerns of these writers with the roles of women, the writers’ search for new meanings, and their innovations in literary forms.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 208H Arthurian Legend0.5
The story of Arthur and his. knights of the Round Table will be discussed as it is treated at various times in various works and genres. Such matters will be considered as the character of Arthur, the concept of Camelot, and the Fellowship of the Round Table.
ENGL 208K Detective Fiction0.5
The history and characteristics of the ‘detective novel,” the “novel of crime,” and the “thriller.” Attention will also be given to the novel of intrigue and espionage. Such authors as Poe, Collins, Doyle, Chesterton, Hammett, Buchan, Greene, Deighton, and Le Carre will be discussed. The course includes the examination of critical approaches to the form of detective fiction.
ENGL 211 The Novel
The novel, by its nature, constitutes an attempt to formulate and to interpret the bewildering human experience. This course undertakes an exploration of the forms that attempt can take. British, Canadian, and American novels will be studied. The two halves of the course may be taken independently.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
ENGL 211J The Novel 10.5
A study of the novel in English from its beginnings to the late 19th century.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
Course Descriptions 297 English
ENGL 212 The Novel 2W 0.5
Astudy of the novel in English from the late 19th century to the present.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 214 Themes in Canadian Literature0.5
The course will survey a theme which is significant to the understanding of the Canadian literary mind. Topics will vary from section to section.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 215 Canadian Regional Literature' 0.5
The course will provide a survey of literature written about a distinctive region of Canada.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 230 Narrative Poetry0.5
A study of the major narrative forms in English poetry including the baliad, epic, mock epic, and dramatic monologue.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 231 Lyric and Other Poetry0.5
A study of the development of various lyric forms (e.g., erotic, religious), the ode, elegy, meditative-descriptive verse, and perhaps other forms.
Engl 230 is not a prereq.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 232 The Development of Drama to 16600.5
A study of the origins and development of English drama, with special concentration on 16th-century non-Shakespearean drama.
(Cross-listed with Drama 252).
ENGL 233 0.5
Drama from 1660
A study of the principal playwrights, plays, and movements in dramatic history from the re-opening of the theatres in 1660 to the present day.
(Cross-listed with Drama 253).
ENGL 236 Literature of ideas 1
Listed without a description.
ENGL 237 Literature of Ideas 2
Not offered in 1979–80.
ENGL 251 The Practice and Theory of CriticismY 1.0
The study and practice of skills needed for a close, analytical reading of literary texts and for the writing of critical analyses on them: studies of theories concerning literature and literary criticism.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 305 Old EnglishY 1.0
An introduction to the literature and language of
pre-Conquest England. The principal literary methods.
themes, and types of English literature up to the 12th
century constitute the material of study in this course. Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 310 Middle EnglishY 1.0
A study of Middle English literature with special emphasis on the work of Geoffrey Chaucer. Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 312 Literature of the Commonwealth0.5
A survey of Australian poetry and prose, with some consideration of the literatures, in English, from South Africa and the West Indies. .
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 313 Canadian Literature to 19200.5
Astudy of Canadian prose and verse to 1920, with particular attention to the poetry of the School of the Sixties and to the historical and idyllic novels of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 314 Canadian Poetry Since 19200.5
Poetry in Canada from E. J. Pratt and A. J. M. Smith to Leonard Cohen.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 315 Canadian Prose Since 19200.5
The Canadian novel since the appearance of Morley Callaghan, with brief consideration of the essay and short story during the period.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 316 Canadian Drama0.5
A study of plays by such dramatists as Merrill Denison, Robertson Davies, Gratien Gélinas (in translation), James Reaney, John Coulter, George Ryga, and Michel Tremblay (in translation). Background for 20th-century drama will be provided in lectures.
(Cross-listed with Drama 351)
Course Descriptions English
Eng}! 330 1.0
Elizabethan Literature (excluding Drama)
A study of the principal writers of prose and of lyric and narrative poetry in England during and immediately - before the reign of Elizabeth |. Reserved for special attention is Spenser's epic poem glorifying Elizabeth | and England - The Faerie Queene.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 330A Elizabethan Literature 1 (excluding Drama)F 0.5
A study of the principai writers of prose and of lyric and narrative poetry in England during and immediately before the reign of Elizabeth 1.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 330B Elizabethan Literature 2 (excluding Drama)W 0.5
The continuation of English 330A. Reserved for special attention is Spenser's epic poem glorifying England and Elizabeth | - The Faerie Queene.
Prereq: 330A or consent of instructor
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 339 Contemporary British Literature
ENGL 343 American LiteratureF 0.5
The meaning of America - the myth, the dream, and the reality - as experienced through its major literary works. Sin, guilt, madness, mysticism, and grace: the search for fulfilment and peace by such writers as Poe, Thoreau, Whitman, Twain, and Crane.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 344 Modern American LiteratureW 0.5
Approaches to reality amid the confusion and uncertainty of 20th-century America. Emphasis on such major writers as Faulkner, Miller, and Cummings. Prereq: Engi 343
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 345 Studies in American Literature
(Usually only one or two courses from this series are offered each year.)
ENGL 346A American FictionW 0.5
Special emphasis will be given to the works of two or three major American novelists such as Herman Melville and William Faulkner.
Prereq: Eng! 343 or consent of instructor.
ENGL 347A Contemporary American LiteratureW 0.5
A study of American Literature from World War 2 to the present.
Prereq: Eng! 343 or consent of instructor
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 350 Seventeenth-Century Non-Dramatic LiteratureY 1.0
Special attention will be given to the poetry of Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Vaughan, and Marvell and to the prose works of Bacon, Burton, and Browne. Approximately half the course will be devoted to an intensive study of Milton's English poetry and a selection of his prose works.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
ENGL 355 Forms of Classical and Neo-Classical Satire
Listed without a description.
ENGL 356 Pastoral and Mythological Aspects of Classical and Neo-Classical Poetry
Not offered in 1979–80.
ENGL 362 Shakespeare 1F 0.5
A study of the plays written prior to 1599-1600, excluding Julius Caesar.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 363 Shakespeare 2W 0.5
A study of the plays written after 1599-1600, including Julius Caesar.
- Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 365 Selected Studies1.0
Designed to provide a study in depth of problems and/or authors selected by the instructor. Students interested in initiating such courses are encouraged to do so by bringing their ideas to the attention of individual instructors.
Prereq: consent of instructor
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 373 An Introduction to the History of English1.0
The process of linguistic change as exemplified in the development of the English language from its origins in Indo-European and Germanic through modern dialects. Traditional, structural and generative approaches will . be employed.
Course Descriptions 299 English
ENGL 375 Linguistics and English Grammar1.0
Linguistics and its application to the study of grammar and language. Included are 1) an introduction to descriptive and historical linguistics and the principles of linguistic analysis and 2) an evaluation of English grammars ranging from the traditional to the structural and transformational-generative.
ENGL 376R Our Changing Language: Syntax and Semantics 1
Listed without a description.
ENGL 377R Our Changing Language: Syntax and Semantics 2
Not offered in 1979–80.
ENGL 385R Twentieth-Century LiteratureY 3C 1.0
Asurvey of writing in the age of anxiety from the psychoanalytic novel to the theatre of the absurd. The concept of the anti-hero. Satirical, emotional and intellectual writing as studied in novels and plays by Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh and Harold Pinter.
Note R courses are administered by Renison College.
ENGL 400 The Development of English Literature1.0
The course explores the origin, growth, and transformation of philosophical ideas and of literary themes, motifs, genres, forms, and movements from the beginning of English literature to the present.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 410 The Augustan AgeY 1.0
A study of English literature from 1660 to 1798: the comedy of the Restoration; the satire of Dryden, Swift, and Pope; the probing of mores and manners by Pope and Johnson; the emergence of the novel with Richardson, Fielding, and Sterne; and the transformation from classicism to romanticism.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 410A Satire and Sense: The Restoration and Early Eighteenth CenturyF 0.5
The Restoration comedy of manners, heroic and high tragedy, poetry of the court wits and other amused commentators on society, and the major writings of Dryden, Swift, Addison, Defoe, and the early Pope. Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 410B Sense and Sensibility: The Middle and Later Eighteenth CenturyW 0.5
The probing of mores and manners by Pope and Johnson, the emergence of the novel with Fielding and Sterne, and the transformation (in ‘the age of sensibility’) of literary attitudes and practice from classicism to romanticism.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 415 Major Canadian Writers0.5
An intensive study of the work of two or three major Canadian authors. Writers who may be studied include Morley Callaghan, F. P. Grove, Robertson Davies, A.M. Klein, Thomas Haliburton, Irving Layton, Margaret Atwood, and Margaret Laurence.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
ENGL 430 The Romantic Movement —Y 1.0
An historical and critical study of the principles and practice of the English Romantic authors from Blake to Keats, with primary emphasis on poetry.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 451 Literature of the Victorian AgeY 1.0
An historical and critical study with emphasis on the major poets (Browning, Tennyson, Arnold), novelists (Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot), and essayists (Newman, Ruskin, Mill, Huxley). Provision will be made for students who wish to study other writers such as Hopkins, Swinburne, Carroll, Morris, or Pater.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 460 British Literature from Shaw to EliotY 1.0
A study of the major writers in British Literature from 1890 to World War 2, with special emphasis on such writers as Shaw, Yeats, Eliot, Conrad, Joyce, and Lawrence.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 460A British Literature, 1885-1914F 0.5
A study of works by such writers as Shaw, Conrad, and Yeats.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
ENGL 460B British Literature, 1914-1945W 0.5
A study of works by such writers as James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and T. S. Eliot.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College
ENGL 495 Supervision of Senior Honours Essay Course Descriptions
Listed without a description.
ENGL 129 (R) Basic Writing Skills
Listed without a description.
ENGL 140R The Use of English, 1 and 2
Listed without a description.
ENGL 205R The Canadian Short Story
Listed without a description.
ENGL 245R Form and Function
Listed without a description.
ENGL 376R Our Changing Language: Syntax and Semantics, 1 and 2
Listed without a description.
ENGL 385R Twentieth Century Literature Course Descriptions Social Development Studies
Listed without a description.