ENGL 251ALiterary Criticism: Practice
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1981–82 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Close reading of poetry and narrative; acquisition of critical vocabulary and terminology. Three ta five written assignments. May be subject to priority enrolment
As printed in the 1990–91 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
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A lot of it is definitions and review. If you did well in high school English, there's no reason you can't get a good mark in this class.
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10 posts and comments in 10 threads mention ENGL 251A, March 2013 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.
Spring 2019
ENGL inquiry? 2 points, 5 comments
“Anyone have a tier list or suggestions for interesting/useful ENGL 200 series courses?”
u/EternityEcho: “… ENGL251A and B and ENGL 200A and B). …”
Winter 2018
Can we take 2 communication list I courses to fulfill communication requirement? 0 points, 9 comments
u/psych101needhelp: “… 60% in one of: EMLS 103R, EMLS 104R, EMLS 110R, ENGL 101A, ENGL 101B, ENGL 108D, ENGL 119, ENGL 251A, SPCOM 225, SPCOM 227, SPCOM 228, or an additional course from the first list From the above description, can we assume that we can take 2 communication list 1 course to fulfill …”
Fall 2017
Best courses for fulfilling CS breadth/depth/communications requirements? 2 points, 5 comments
u/bobhob314: “… recommended humanity course/communication II course (best if they count for both, such as ENGL 101B, 108D, 119, 209, 210E, 210F, 251A, although they're all out of SPCOM for this term which would have been better) Two social sciences”
Can someone find me this List II list? $25 reward bois 1 point, 1 comment
u/Pwnclub: “Here you go TL;DR: One of: EMLS 103R, EMLS 104R, EMLS 110R, ENGL 101B, ENGL 108D, ENGL 119, ENGL 209, ENGL 210E, ENGL 210F, ENGL 251A, SPCOM 225, SPCOM 227, SPCOM 228, or an additional course from the first list (being EMLS 101R, EMLS 102R, EMLS/ENGL 129R, ENGL 109, SPCOM 100, …”
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… ENGL 208K ENGL 210C ENGL 210F ENGL 210H ENGL 210I ENGL 210J ENGL 211 ENGL 213 ENGL 220A ENGL 251A ENGL 272W ENGL 281W ENGL 292 ENGL 293 ENGL 294 ENGL 295 ENGL 305A ENGL 306A ENGL 309B ENGL 309C ENGL 310B ENGL 320 ENGL 335 ENGL 347 ENGL 362 ENGL 365 ENGL 366 ENGL 371 ENGL 378 …”
Fall 2016
Which one of these communication skills requirement courses require the least work? 2 points, 7 comments
u/jrzhao: “… ENGL 210E Genres of Technical Communication ENGL 210F Genres of Business Communication ENGL 251A Criticism 1 SPCOM 225 Interviewing SPCOM 227 Leadership SPCOM 228 Public Communication I think I'll take ENGL108D but I have no idea about the actual work load and I'd like it to be …”
Good suggestion for list 2 communication courses for Math students? 2 points, 2 comments
u/u_waterloo: “… ENGL 210E Genres of Technical Communication ENGL 210F Genres of Business Communication ENGL 251A Criticism 1 SPCOM 225 Interviewing SPCOM 227 Leadership SPCOM 228 Public Communication”
Winter 2016
ENGL 251A Reviews? 1 point, 0 comments
u/Archonz: “What are your thoughts on this course? I'm a math student considering taking this course online this summer.”
Fall 2015
How is the work load for ENGL 200A/ENGL 251A? 3 points, 2 comments
u/scikid_: “I was planning on minoring in English, but the following courses are mandatory. ENGL 200A, ENGL 200B, ENGL 251A, ENGL 251B. What is the work load like for them? I don't want it to bring down my major average.”
Winter 2013
CS major with atrophying writing skills. What courses should I take so I don't slowly lose my grip on the English language in the next 4 years? (Not ESL) 10 points, 11 comments
“I'm a 1B CS major, and even though I've only been here for a few months, the utter lack of writing in my courses means that I've been increasingly misspelling common words and making grammatical …”
u/niuzeta: “… ENGL 251A/B are criticisms 1 and 2, and they take some heavy reading, some thought-probing and some discussions. You can either take this or not but it really helps understanding Arts students. If you're into genre-reading I would suggest to look into ENGL 208 series. …”
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- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
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- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1981–82 to 1994–95, 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.
1990–91 to 1994–95 5 calendars
Close reading of poetry and narrative; acquisition of critical vocabulary and terminology. Three ta five written assignments.
May be subject to priority enrolment
Offered Fall · 0.5 credit
1987–88 to 1989–90 3 calendars
Titled The Practice and Theory of Criticism 1.
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 criticisms.
1981–82 to 1986–87 6 calendars
Titled The Practice and Theory of Criticism 1.
The first half of Engl 251 (see above). Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
0.5 credit