94 courses in the 1985–86 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Department of English
Associate Professor, Chairman of
Department
G.E. Slethaug, BA (Pacific Lutheran), MA, PhD (Nebraska)
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman and Graduate Officer H.B. Elis, BA (Rolins), MA, PhD (ihinois)
Associate Professor, Associate
Chairman and Undergraduate Officer
J.S. North, 8A, MA (British Columbia), PhD (Alberta).
Professor and Director of Part-Time
Studies and Continuing Education
J.C. Gray, BA (Washington State), MA (Connecticut), PhO (Syracuse)
Professors
L.A. Cummings,’ AB (Washington), AM (Missouri), PhD (Washington)
J. Gold, BA (Birmingham), PhD (Wisconsin)
K.L. Ledbetter, AB (Central College, Mo.), MA, PhD (ilinois), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
W.R. Martin, BA, MA, D Litt et Phif (South Africa), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
W.U. Ober, BA (Washington and Lee).
Associate Professors
P.D. Beam, BA (Waterloo), MA (McMaster), PhD (Toronto)
FR. Dubinski, BA, MA (Westem Ontario), PhD (Toronto)
A.l. Dust, MA, PhD. (ilinois)
S. Fogel, BA (Carleton), MA (British Columbia), PhD (Purdue) J
R.N. Gosselink, BA (Kansas), MA, PhD (Colorado)
P.M. Hinchcliffe, BA (British Columbia), MA, PhD (Toronto) J
N.C. Hultin, BA (Concordia), MA (Chicago), PhD (Johns Hopkins)
D.R. Letson, BA (Waterloo), MA (McMaster), PhD (Toronto) J, Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
R. Lister, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
H.M. Logan, AB (Franklin and Marshai), PhD (Pennsylvania)
W.R. Macnaughton, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Wisconsin)
E.P. McCormack, MA (Glasgow), PhD (Manitoba) J
C.E. McGee, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto), J
S.E. MeMullin, BA, MA (Carleton), PhD (Dalhousie)
E.F. Shields, BA (Chestnut Hill), MA (Villanova), PhD (illinois)
J.S. Stone, BA, MA (British Columbia)
Assistant Professors
M.A. Gerhardstein, MA (Montana), PhD ‘(lowa)
M. Higgins, BA (St. Francis Xavier), MA, PhD (York), J
A.L. Magnusson, BA (Manitoba), MA, PhD (Toronto)
J. Miller, BA, BLS (McGill), MA, MPhil (Waterloo); PhD (York), R
Adjunct Facuity
G.R. Hibbard, BA, MA (London)
C.F. MacRae, BA (Western Ontario), MA (McMaster), PhD (Toronto)
Lecturers L. Dorney, BA, MA (Louisville), J (Parttime)
Faculty Member holding cross appointment to English from: Architecture
J refers to faculty members at St. Jerome's College
R refers to faculty members at Renison College
Course Descriptions
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
Introductory Notes
1. Although the Department of English provides advisors to help students to choose their programs, to arrange their courses and to conform with the University, Faculty, and Department regulations, students are urged to study the Calendar very carefully because they are themselves responsible for failure to abide by these regulations.
2. W.K. Thomas's Correct Form in Essay Writing is the official style sheet for all undergraduate English courses.
« "norma? number of lectures
week in each course 1s 3; however
_ instructors determine how often th: Particular class will meet.
4. In aif English courses, emphasis will be placed on student essays writte:: in connection with the reading.
R’ courses are administered by Renison College.
GROUP ONE
Courses in this group count towards a degree as electives in any program in the University. Normally, none of them qualifies as a major credit for a General or Honours program in English (see Note 1). These courses are primarily designed to make students aware of the different functions of language in various contexts and to assist them to improve their writing.
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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 12 short writing assignments are required. Also offered at St. Jerome's College. Students may receive credit for only 1 of ENGL 109 and ENGL 129R.
The course deals with the persuasive essay. Attention will be given to the elements of logical thinking and the techniques of persuasion. The demand. of the library research paper w. be considered.
Prereq: ENGL 109
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Instruction provided in basic grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, elements of composition and essay writing including focus on theme, development of central idea, exposition and argumentation. Minimum of 4 hours of instruction each week with additional tutorial hours as required.
Prereq: Open only to students whose maternal language is not English and who lack language mastery sufficient for admission to other introductory English language courses
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 to help students to write clearly and effectively.
A continuation of ENGL 140R. The study
of factual, emotive, scientific and imagi-
native writing; relevance, context.
meaning, tone, feeling and intention. Prereq: ENGL 140R
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 several media the various ends that are served by language; objective reporting; persuasion; argument; and emotional, social and artistic expression. About 8 written exercises are assigned.
and Communication 2
A continuation of ENGL 150. From a
basis of simple semantics and elemen-
tary logic, students will proceed to
examine more complex language in
fiction and other forms of literature.
About 6 written exercises are assigned. Prereq: ENGL 150
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
The uses of literacy and the functions of language as acquired in ENGL, 140F/141R. These will be applied to the more advanced form of the literary and critical assignment essay, involving comparison, evaluation and exposition.
GROUP TWO
Courses in this group carry degree credit and may be counted as fulfilling the minimum requirements for a General or Honours pragram in English.
ENGL 102 AJB: .. The Major Forma of Literature Different kinds of literature will be explored to discover how the shape of a literary work contributes to its meaning. Students will read novels, poetry, short stories and drama.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
The Major Forms of Literature: Short Stories and Drama A study of short stories and drama to determine how the shape of a literary work contributes to its meaning.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
The Major Forms of Literature: Noveis and Poetry A study of novels and poetry to determine how the shape of a literary work contributes to its meaning.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
English Language : Introduction to the study of the English language. Topics to be discussed include the nature and origin of language, the structure of English and its development, and the relations between language and reality.
Introduction to the study of varieties of
the English language - regional, social.
temporal, functional, and stylistic. The
relations of languages and literature and
of speech and writing will be discussed. Prereq: ENGL 103A or consent of
instructor
ENGL 105A/B A close examination of a representative selection of works by major British, Canadian, American and other authors writing in English.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
1900-30 A close examination of a representative selection of works by major authors writing in English such as W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, and Ernest Hemingway.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
1930-80 A continuation of ENGL 105A. A close examination of a representative selection of works by major authors writing in English such as William Faulkner, Dylan Thomas and Margaret Laurence. Prereq: ENGL 105A or consent of instructor Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
An exploration of the great variety of literature through thematic perspectives.
A study of human excellence in thought and action embodied in representative men and women, as seen through works of literature.
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 mothers, saints, sex objects and witches.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
English
A study of various works of literature in which the protagonist is a rébel against existing norms. The course will examine a number of rebel types and concepts, moral implications and final outcomes either is successful realization or in tragic defeat.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
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 ultimate products of suffering.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Designed for students in ali 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 200A/B Survey of British Literature An historical survey of major figures, types and trends in British literature from the Middle Ages to the present.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
An historical survey of major figures, types and trends in British literature from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
An historical survey of major figures.
types and trends in British literature from
the late 18th century to the present. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
This course deals with the.history and techniques of the short story, with emphasis upon works by such British, American and Canadian writers as Henry James, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, Ernest Hemingway and Alice Munro. .
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
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ENGL 2024/8
The Bible and Literature
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.
Selections from Hebrew Scripture will be Studied in relation to English literature.
The course will continue the study of the Bible, emphasizing the Christian gospels and epistles in relation to English literature.
Prereq: ENGL 202A or consent of instructor
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 Englishspeaking world. Topics such as oral literature, myth, legend, tale and marchen will be discussed.
Similar to 203 but dealing with folkdrama, ballads, songs, medicines, tiddies, chants, proverbs and charms.
Exploration of 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 will be expected to work in some depth with individual authors.
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 will be studied.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Various examples drawn, for instance, from Utopian and anti-Utopian science ~ fiction, social science fiction, “gadget” science fiction, parapsychology, and altermate 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.
This course will deal with classic works. of children’s literature, including fantasy written primarily for children. Selections from such authors as Kipling, Woolf, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Kenneth Grahame and Thurber will be studied.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
ENGL 2080 0.5
Modern Satire
The mode of satire in the fiction, drama, poetry and discourse of the 20th century. Particular attention to the literary works of Waugh, Huxfey, Orwell, Parker, Heller, Hiebélt and a dramatist of the absurd, but also attention to satiric cartoons and nightclub satire.
A study of such major 20th-century 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 writer’s search for new Meanings and their innovations in literary forms.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
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 Tabie.
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 espicnage. 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.
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ENGL 2080 0.5 ; Ordered Chaos: The Apocatyptic Vision in Literature
A study of dehumanized worlds in fiction that can be called “apocalyptic.” Works by such writers as St. John the Divine, Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Aldous Huxley, Mordecai Richler and Kurt Vonnegut will be studied.
Students practise effective writing along with the study of established models. The goal is to develop language competence to meet a variety of academic, business, and professional situations.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above .
Counts as an English Major credit as of Fall 1984.
ENGL 211/212 . 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 2 haives' of the course may be taken independently.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
The study of the novel in English from
its beginnings to the late 19th century. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
The study of the novel in English from
the late 19th century to the present. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
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.
A study of the origins and development of English drama, with special concentration on 16th-century non- Shakespearean drama.
Students may receive credit for only one of ENGL 232 or DRAMA 252.
Drama from 1660
A study of the principal playwrights.
plays, and movements in dramatic
history from the re-opening of the thea-
tres in 1660 to the present day. Students may receive crdit for only
ENGL 2514/B The Practice and Theory of Criticism The study and practice of skilis 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 criticisms.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
The first half of ENGL 251A/B (see above)..
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Criticism 2... The continuation.pf ENGL 251A (See above). oe
Prereq: ENGL 251A
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
ENGL. 305A4/B
Old English
An introduction to the English language in its earliest form. and to the literature of pre-Conquest England.
An introduction to the English language in its earliest form and to English prose in pre-Conquest England, examining Old English prose style, its principal practitioners and their world view.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
An introduction to Old English poetry, noting in representative Old English poems those things about its purpose, style and its audience which make it unique but which also. provide the beginnings of the English poetic. tradition.
Prereq: ENGL 305A
Also offered at St. Jerome's College .
ENGL 306A/B/C/D
English Language and Linguistics
A study of basic linguistic principles and
concepts, historical and formal. (formerly ENGL 373 and ENGL 375)
introduction to linguistics and the principles of linguistic analysis through an examination of English phonology, forms, syntax and discourse.
(formerly ENGL 375A)
Introduction to modern English grammar and structure-its meaningful forms and syntax. Several methods of analysis will be employed and evaluated, including the traditional, structural, transformational-generative and functional.
Prereq: ENGL 306A
(formerly ENGL 375B)
Introduction to historical reconstruction and comparative analysis. Basic phonological, morphological, syntactic changes as they manifest themselves in language will be examined.
Prereq: ENGL 306A
(formerly ENGL 373A)
Introduction to the linguistic history of English from earliest documents to the present, with some consideration of various modern dialects. , Prereq: ENGL 306A (formerly ENGL 373B)
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: ENGL 209 or consent of instructor
ENGL 310A/B Middle English A study of Middle English literature with special emphasis on the work of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
A study of the minor poems of Chaucer, "The Book of the Duchess,” "Parliament of Fowls,” and “Troilus,” along with related Middle English texts.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
Course Descriptions English
and related Middle English poems and prose.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
A survey of Australian poetry and prose, with some consideration of the literatures, in English, from Africa and the West indies.
Also offéred at St. Jerome's College.
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A study 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.
A.J.M. Smith to Leonard Cohen. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
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.
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 as DRAMA 351.
Elizabethan Literature (excluding Drama)
A study of the principal writers of prose
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England during and immediately before the reign of Elizabeth i. Reserved for special attention is Spenser's epic poem glorifying Elizabeth | and England - The Faerie Queene.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
A study of the principal writers of prose and of lyric and narrative poetry in England during and immediately before the reign of Elizabeth |.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
for special attention is Spenser's epic poem glorifying England and Elizabeth | - The Faerie Queene.
Prereq: ENGL 330A or consent of instructor
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Aimed at encouraging students to develop their creative and critical potentials, the course consists of supervised practice, tutorials and seminar discussions. : Counts as an English Major credit as of Fall 1984. Also offered at St. Jerome's College
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 fulfillment and peace by such writers as Poe, Thoreau, Whitman, Twain and Crane.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Approaches to reality amid the confusion and uncertainty of 20th-century America. Emphasis on such major writers as Faulkner, Miller and Cummings.
Prereq: ENGL 343 or consent of instructor
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
(Usually only 1 or 2 courses from this series are offered each year.)
The Southern Myth: its origins in early literature, its flowering and ruin, as seen by white and black writers, including Twain, Faulkner, Welty, Styron, Grau, O'Connor, Wright and Ellison.
Prereq: ENGL 343 or consent of . instructor
Special emphasis will be given to the works of 2 or 3 major American novelists such as Herman Melville and William Faulkner.
Prereq: ENGL 343 or consent of instructor
A study of American Literature from World War 2 to the present.
Prereq: ENGL 343 or consent of instructor
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
ENGL 350A/B 17th-Century Non-Dramatic Literature Special attention will be given to the poetry of Donne, Jonson, Herrick, 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.
17th-Century Non-Dramatic
Literature 1
A study of secular and religious lyric
poetry by poets such as Donne, Jonson.
Herrick, Herbert, Vaughan and Marvell. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
17th-Century Non-Dramatic Literature 2
A study of selected prose works of Bacon, Burton and Browne. A more
‘intensive study of Milton's English poetry
and a selection of his prose works. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
A study of the plays written before
1599-1600, excluding Julius Caesar. Also offered at St. Jerome's Callege.
A study of the plays written after
1599-1600, including Julius Caesar. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
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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 386R : 20th-Century Literature 1
A survey of writing in the age of anxiety with particular focus on the psychoanalytic novel. The concept of the anti-hero in the various approaches. Emphasis will be placed on the satirical, emotional and intellectual writing in novels by Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence and Harold Pinter.
ENGL 4104/8
Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
Literature of the period that began as neo-classical, Engiand’s Augustan Age paralleling that of ancient Rome, and gradually, through subtle changes, became the precursor to the Romantic movement, giving rise, along the way, to new genres, such as comedy of manners, heroic tragedy, deecriptive- Meditative poetry, and the novel.
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.
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 classical to romanticism.
The Romantic Movement
An historical and critical study of the Principles and practice of the English Romantic authors from Blake to Keats, with primary emphasis on poetry.
The poetry and critical theory of Blake, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Emphasis is primarily on poetry; selected minor
’ writers may be considered.
The poetry and critical theory of Byron, Shellay and Keats. Emphasis is primarily on poetry; selected minor writers may be considered.
ENGL 451A/B Literature of the Victorian Age An historical and critical study with emphasis on the major poets (Browning, Tennyson, Amold) 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, Swinbume, Carroll, Morris or Pater.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
An historical and critical study of major
poets (Browning, Tennyson, Arnold) and
of the literary criticism of the period. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
An historical and critical study of major novelists (Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot) and major essayists (Newman, Ruskin, Mill, Huxley).
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
ENGL 460A/B British Literature from Shaw to Eliot A study of the major writers in British Literature from .1885 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.
A study of works by such writers as Shaw, Conrad and Yeats. Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
A study of works by such writers as
James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence and T.S.
Eliot. . Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
A letter grade for ENGL 495A will be submitted only after the completion of ENGL 4958.
COURSES NOT OFFERED 1985-86
Some courses listed in the calendar will not be offered in 1985-86. For a list of these courses, please see the Department during pre-registration period.
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