ENGL 208AForms of Fantasy

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: English

When it runs

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

A study of fantasy literature, including some subgenres such as romances, fairy tales, fables, and gothic and horror fiction.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	3279	43 / 45	TTh 14:30–15:50

Reviewed on UW Flow

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From 16 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Great class!! Make sure you take it with Andrew Deman!! Best prof ever!

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Make sure you show up for all the group work days. Easy marks, and It helps with writing any other essays for the course

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Took the class with Prof. Mark Spielmacher. I'm a science student and English has never been my kind of thing, but Mark made the course. He was incredibly understanding, had flexible deadlines, and was funny and insightful. We did cover a very wide range of books (The Hobbit, Small Gods by Pratchett, Lord Foul's Bane, short stories, etc), so don't take it if you're only expecting grand quests with dragons and wizards. That being said, I was exposed to books I would not have read by myself and I do think I learned a lot about fantasy novels from Mark.

Classes started with a set of questions that you answered in groups or by yourself and then the rest of the class was a discussion of the…

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2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention ENGL 208A, October 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2020

Feb 7, 2020 Late night ENGL 208B vs STAT 230 in 1B 3 points, 8 comments

“Thoughts? There's no room in almost any other communication requirement courses that I like, I've narrowed it down to doing ENGL 208B, but it's 6:30-9:20 and idk if I want to be in class that late …”

u/MadDoctor5813: “I took ENGL208B and while the classes are late, they’re also genuinely interesting, at least if you have Jonathan Deman. …”

u/rawr3mmadinosaur: “Hey, im also thinking about taking this course. Do you remember what books you read? Im deciding between ENGL 208B and 208A”

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Fall 2017

Oct 28, 2017 Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

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