121 courses in the 1990–91 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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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. Students may receive credit for only one of ENGL 109 and ENGL 129R. May be subject to priority enrolment
The course deals with the persuasive essay. Attention will be given to the elements of logical thinking and the techniques of persuasion. The demands of the library research paper will be considered.
Prereq: ENGL 109
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 four 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
Students may receive credit for only one of ENGL 109 and ENGL 129R
The use and abuse of spoken and written English. The study and evaiuation 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.
Acontinuation of ENGL 140R. The
study of factual, emotive, scientific and
imaginative writing; relevance, context.
meaning, tone, feeling, and intention. Prereq: ENGL 140R
GROUP TWO
Courses in this group carry degree credit and may be counted as fulfilling the minimum requirements for a General or Honours program in English
A study of short stories and drama to determine how the shape of a literary work contributes to Its meaning.
The Major Forms of Literature: Novels and Poetry
A study of novels and poetry to determine how the shape of a literary work contributes to its meaning.
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
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A close examination of a representative selection of works by major authors writing in English such as Yeats, Woolf, Lawrence, Eliot, Hemingway, and Faulkner.
A continuation of ENGL 105A. A close examination of a representative selection of works by major authors writing in English such as Thomas, Bellow, Laurence, and Atwood.
Prereq: ENGL 105A or consent of instructor
\ study of the nature and role of somen in British, Canadian, and merican literature. Works by both men and women will be studied in which women are seen in such forms as others, saints, sex objects, and ditches.
Study of various works of literature in shich the protagonist is a rebel against existing norms. The course will examine a number of rebel types and oncepts, moral implications, and final utcomes either in successful realisation or in tragic defeat.
he study of a variety of works centering on the therne of man in crisis, the stress being on the individual at ariance with his inner self, his fellow an, or his world. The course will discuss the process in which wisdom and maturity are gained as the ultimate oducts of suffering.
Studies the portrayal of young protago- ‘sts as they respond to the mores of ult sociaty; their own physical.
mental, and psychological develop-
ment; and the expectations placed pon them by themselves and by thers.
‘esigned for students in alt faculties, ,@ Course examines some of Shakespeare's comedies, history plays, and tragedies. Shakespeare's variety and “ yxibility in developing characters and ramatic structures are stressed, as are gnificant themes. No previous work in Shakespeare is required.
An historical survey of major figures, “pes, and trends in British literature om the Middle Ages to the late 18th intury. May be subject to priority enrolment
on historical survey of major figures, types, and trends in British literature *rom the late 18th century to the “esent. May be subject to priority enrolment
Course Descriptions English
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.
Exploration of the Canadian short story, from its beginnings — in the bush, in the north, on the land, in the small jowns — 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. \n considering the genre, related forms like the romance, the fairy tale, the fable, and the gothic horror stary will be discussed. Authors such as Morris, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Williams, and White will be studied.
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.
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 MacDonaltd, Kenneth Grahame, and Thurber wili be studied..
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.
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This course will focus on literary works that present various aspects of aging, such as changes in physical and mental abilities, relationships with children and grandchildren, coping with disease and death, and the satisfactions unique to the elderly.
Cross-listed as GERON 208
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 Cameiot, and the Fellowship of the Round Table.
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 Carré will be discussed. The course includes the examination of critical approaches to the form of detective fiction.
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.
May be subject to priority enrolment
A study of the principles of business and technical writing including the styles, techniques, and forms of business and technical correspandence, application letters and résumés, abstracts, outlines, and technical description, with copious writing practice. Special attention to techniques of editing and presentation. Some practice in oral presentation.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above
May be subject to priority enrolment
A study in the principles and practice of good report writing including report language and styles and various forms of report organization — various kinds of short reports as well as the long formal research report.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above
May be subject to priority enrolment
The course will survey a theme which is significant to the understanding of the Canadian literary mind. Topics will vary from section to section.
An in-depth, applied study of the conventions governing contemporary English grammar, punctuation, syntax, diction, spelling, and sentence structure. In addition, the course will examine variations and changes in conventions; the question of the determiners of correct usage; and the impact of dictionaries, textbooks, journals, large publishing houses, and international wire services on accepted English usage in general and on Canadian usage in particular.
Prereq: Second-year standing or above
May be subject to priority enrolment
A study of the origins and development ot English drama with special concentration to 16th-Century non- Shakespearean drama.
Cross-listed as DRAMA 311
Students may not receive credit for
Close reading of poetry and narrative; acquisition of critical vocabulary and terminology. Three to five written assignments.
May be subject o priority enrolment
Introduction to classical and contempotary theoretical approaches to literature; literary emphasis on drama. Three to five written assignments.
Prereq: ENGL 251A
May be subject te priority enrolment
Course Descriptions Engilsh
The course inductively defines the fields of Rhetoric and Professional Writing through an exploration of contemporary issues in language, writing, and rhetoric, as those issues are identified and dealt with, in the pertinent scholarly and professional journals, by current researchers and their work.
Prereq: Enrolment limited to RPW Students
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.
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
ENGL 306A/B/C/D/E
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 .
May be subject to priority enrolment
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
~ A study of linguistics and its applica-
tions in analyzing the style and language of literature. Topics include the relationship between the structure of language and literature, speech and writing, speech acts and genres, discourse and text.
Prereq: ENGL 306A
A study of various theories of rhetoric. Students are assigned several essays in order to practise and apply the principles of rhetoric to discourse.
Prereq: A 200-level writing course or consent of instructor
May be subject to priority enrolment
A continuation of ENGL 309A with an emphasis on the importance of style in rhetorical theory and practice.
Prereq: A 200-level writing course or consent of instructor
An examination of contemporary rhetorical theory and its relationships to criticism, interdisciplinary studies and computer applications.
Prereq: A 200-level writing course or consent of instructor
Theories of style and approaches to the stylistic analysis of both literary and non-literary texts. Students will consider contributions to the study of style from such areas as traditional stylistics, New Criticism, formalism, affective stylistics, speech act theory, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
The analysis, writing, and performance of speeches. Analysis will focus on the theory of communication and speech models for imitation; writing, on in-class workshops; and performance, on videotaping and student evaluation of speeches.
Cross-listed as DRAMA 323
An introduction to the poetry and the prose translations of Geoffrey Chaucer, including his dream ailegories, “Troilus and Criseyde,” and related compositions. '
A study of Geoffrey Chaucer's “Canterbury Tales.”
“lon-Chaucerian English writings during he later Middle Ages: the Middle English romance, including “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight;” alliterative literature, such as “Piers Plowman;” and ‘epresentative examples of Middiletnglish non-Chaucerian verse.
Not offered 1990-91
fhe study of the novel written in English from its beginnings to the late 19th century.
The study of the novel written in English “rom the late 19th century to the
resent.
\ survey of Australian poetry and rose, with some consideration of the literatures, in English, from Africa and the West Indies.
‘anadian Literature to 1920 A study of Canadian prose and verse to 1920, with particular attention to the \0etry of the School of the Sixties and 3 the historical and idyllic novels of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
-oetry in Canada from E.J. Pratt and A.J.M. Smith to Leonard Cohen.
rhe Canadian novel since the appearance of Morley Callaghan, with brief -onsideration of the essay and short story during the period.
\imed at encouraging students to ‘evelop their creative and critical potenuals, the course consists of supervised practice, tutorials, and seminar discussions.
Course Descriptions English
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.
Approaches to reality amid the confusion and uncertainty of 20th-century America. Emphasis on such major writers as Faulkner, Miller, and Cummings.
(Usually only one or two 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 two or three 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
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.
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.
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A study of the plays written before 1599-1600, excluding Julius Caesar.
A study of the plays written after 1599-1600, including Julius Caesar.
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
and 2 Each term will consist of three or four units on such topics as editing; magazine, newspaper, and editorial writing; advertising and public relations writing; instructional manuals; interpretation of specialized information for general audiences; writing for non-print media; ethics in writing; etc. Substantial use will be made of non-academic experts in the fields covered.
Enrolment limited to fourth-year students in RPW program, or consent of instructor
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 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, Shelley, and Keats. Emphasis is primarily on poetry; selected minor writers may be considered.
An historical and critical study of major poets (Browning, Tennyson, Arnold) and of the literary criticism of the period.
An historical and critical study of major novelists (Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot) and major essayists (Newman, Ruskin, Mill, Huxley).
A study of works by such writers as Shaw, Conrad, and Yeats.
A study of works by such writers as James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, and T.S. Eliot.
An examination of recent influential critical theories. Among the schools studied will be feminist criticism, Marxist criticism, psycholanalytic criticism and, especially, deconstruction.
From time to time, the Department may
offer senior special topic seminars in
the following areas. Consult with the
Undergraduate Officer for details. Prereq: Fourth-year standing
normally, and permission of the
instructor
Special. Topic Seminars in Old and Middle English
Course Descriptions English Peer
A letter grade for ENGL 495A will be submitted only after the completion of ENGL 495B.
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