ENGL 105Twentieth-Century Literature in English
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1981–82
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1981–82 to 1981–82 (before that, 1970–71 to 1973–74 used the number for The Modern Short Story and its Predecessors and The Short Story and Its Origin and The Short Story and Its Examples are the stories of Hemingway, Faulkner, James, D. H.); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
A close examination of a representative selection of works by major British, Canadian, American and other authors writing in English.
As printed in the 1981–82 calendar, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1970–71 to 1981–82, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1981–82 1 calendar
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.
Not in the 1974–75 to 1980–81 calendars.
1973–74 1 calendar
Another title: The Short Story and Its Examples are the stories of Hemingway, Faulkner, James, D. H., probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Origin Lawrence and modern Canadian ‘writers.
1972–73 1 calendar
Another title: The Short Story and Its Origin, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Examples are the stories of Hemingway, Faulkner, James, D. H. Lawrence and modern Canadian writers.
108* Themes of Literature 108*A The Hero 108*B Utopia and Anti-Utopia 108*C Literature and Morality 108*D The Quest Theme in Literature 108*E Women in Literature
An exploration of the great variety of literature through thematic perspectives. Several of the following themes will be offered in the coming year.
A study of human excellence in thought and action, embodied in representative men and women, as seen through works of literature.
The purpose of this course will be to acquaint the student with various forms of the literary artist’s moral vision of man as it appears in “Utopian” writings. It will involve an examination of the role of the imagination in helping to inform and embody the cultural ideals of four periods: the Renaissance, the Eighteenth Century, the Romantic Age and the Modern Age.
Works in English literature from its beginnings are selected for their bearings on questions of morality. The relationships include: (1) the moral values assumed by the writer and his culture; (2) the means by which moral values and ideals are clarified and promoted; (3) the consideration of true and false moral principles; (4) images of reward, nemesis, guilt, and redemption. Some attention will be given to the traditional categories of morality, especially the Deadly Sins and the Cardinal Virtues.
The course wili examine the “Quest Theme” as it occurs in various genres of literature. Among other things it will discuss the significance of Odysseus and Moses as archetypal figures, the importance of quest in Romantic poetry, the psychological quest in drama, and the connection between the “Quest Theme” and the concern of the Western World with the idea of progress as a movement toward the realization of the Promised Land through technology. The course will be presented through a combination of lectures and seminars.
A study of the nature and role of women in British, Canadian, and American literature from Chaucer to the present. Works by both men and women writers will be studied in which women are seen in such forms as earth mothers, people, sex objects, and bitches.
1970–71 to 1971–72 2 calendars
Another title: The Modern Short Story and its Predecessors, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
A Study of the form and development of the short story, with particular attention to British and North American writers.t