An introduction to the principles of literary analysis.    

A survey of literature in English to the end of the 18th century. A required course for students taking an ENGL Honours, Major, Double Major, or Minor. ENGL 1101 and 1102 can be taken in any order. (Formerly ENGL 2101; students with ENGL 2101 cannot take ENGL 1101.)   

A survey of literature in English from 1800 to the present. A required course for students taking an ENGL Honours, Major, Double Major, or Minor. ENGL 1101 and 1102 can be taken in any order. (Formerly ENGL 2102; students with ENGL 2102 cannot take ENGL 1102).   

An introduction to poetic forms, language and theme within a historical context. Students will be encouraged to participate in the critical analysis of the poems in the course. There will be a special emphasis on written assignments.   

Introduces dramatic genres, language, theoretical approaches and staging within a historical context. Note: this is a course in reading drama and not in acting. There will be a special emphasis on written assignments.   

An introduction to the critical analysis of prose - short stories, novellas, novels – within a historical context. There will be a special emphasis on written assignments.   

This course focuses on specialized areas of interest in or specific authors of English.   

This course considers what it means to do the work of an English scholar – close reading, analytical writing, research, etc. – in the unceded and unsurrendered Wabanaki homelands, lands that are governed by the laws of Peace and Friendship. How can (or must) treaty contexts inform (or transform) the way in which students and scholars read primary texts and create secondary materials about those texts? Students will learn about the Peace and Friendship Treaties and about what it means to be a “treaty person” in the context of the literary studies classroom. 

A study of selected texts from the 5th to the 15th centuries CE in Britain.   

This course will study various pedagological approaches for up to three Shakespeare plays frequently taught at the high school level. The final project is teaching a component of Shakespeare to a high school class.   

This course is a survey of five or six Shakespeare plays, in the context of both when they were written and how we read them. 

An overview of sixteenth and seventeenth century literatures (non-dramatic) in the context of the wide-ranging literary, social, political, and religious changes. 

Traces British Drama from its bawdy rebirth in 1660, through the sentimental domesticity of the early eighteenth century, to the “laughing comedy” at the century’s end. Also considers the history of the London theatre.    

Examines the literature of the 18th century, excluding the drama.   

A study of texts by women in a variety of genres to the mid-eighteenth century. As ENGL 3606 replaces ENGL 3621, credit cannot be counted for both.   

A study of the development of the novel in Romantic Britain. Topics studied may include the novel of sensibility, the Gothic novel, the English Jacobin novel, the historical novel, and the national tale.   

This course will study a selection of texts from the period 1789 to 1832.   

A study of a selection of Victorian novels from the period 1832 to the end of the nineteenth century.   

This course will study a selection of texts from the period 1832 to 1870.   

This course will study a selection of texts from the period 1870 to 1901.   

A study of one Shakespeare play in the context of productions, adaptations, criticism, and creative possibilities.  

This course will consider a variety of narratives to investigate how and why the "Neo-Victorian" attempts to revision and/or recreate the atmosphere, issues and characterization of the Victorian Age.   

A study of selected novels.   

A study of selected British short fiction, poetry, essays, and novels of the 20th century.   

A study of selected novels.   

A study of selected short fiction.   

A study of Maritime poetry from its beginnings, with an emphasis on 20th century developments.   

An overview of the variety of genres in Maritime fiction.   

A study of selected Maritime short fiction, poetry, essays, and novels of the 19th and 20th century.   

A study of Canadian poetry, short fiction, criticism, and novels written before the Second World War.   

A study of Canadian short fiction, poetry, novels, and criticism written after World War II.   

Focusing on the production of powerful national tropes in nineteenth century U.S. literature. Considers how authors responded to criticisms coming out of Europe at this time that the U.S. had failed to develop its own literary voice.  

This course explores selected authors, genres, periods, or some other aspect of American literature. 

A historical survey of literary theory.   

This class combines a senior seminar on the history of the book with a hands-on workshop on selected elements of book production.  

Examines the development of masculinities and/or femininities in the context of a particular or several literary genre(s).

An exploration of literature engaged with the relationship between humans and the natural world. Topics may include but are not limited to Afro-futurism, CliFi, ecocriticism, ecofeminism, Indigeneity, nature writing, post/colonialism, queer ecology, and/or science writing.  

An overview of children's literature.  

This course focuses on specialized areas of interest.   

This course focuses on specialized areas of interest.   

This course focuses on specialized areas of interest.  

This course will trace the development of Young Adult literature in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Authors may include N. Gaiman, S.E. Hinton, L. Lowry, P. Ness and others.   

This course examines the development of fantastic literature from the early modern period to the beginning of science fiction fantasy in the 20th Century.   

This course examines specific themes, movements, and/or authors of science fiction and/or fantasy from the early 20th century onward.   

This course runs in cooperation with a local professional theatre company. It will offer students practical experience in a number of “backstage” elements of theatre production, such as set design and construction, costumes, publicity and program design. Enrolment is limited. 

Studies a range of plays to illustrate the development of the dramatic tradition.   

A workshop seminar in which a variety of genres, styles, and forms are studied and practiced through weekly assignments.   

An investigation into early North American writing and the ideological origins of settler colonial American nationhood(s), surveying a selection of narratives, journals, poems, transcripts, and political treaties penned by Indigenous Peoples, Africans, Europeans, and Americans from 1500-1800.   

Focusing on the production of powerful national tropes in nineteenth century U.S. literature. Considers how authors responded to criticisms coming out of Europe at this time that the U.S. had failed to develop its own literary voice.   

America was an idea before it was a place – so whose idea was it? This course charts the development of the American idea in the European imagination. It primarily focusses on writers who either never set foot on this continent or on colonists who visited for a short while but harboured no intention to stay. 

A course focusing on 20th and 21st century U.S. novels focalized through the fraught concept of the American Dream. Using contexts from the so-called colonial era of American literary history, we will seek to understand the United States as a place where the dreams of some necessitates the nightmares of others.

A course about the history of Wabanaki literature in the Wabanaki homelands. Students will learn about traditional Wabanaki literary genres and concepts of literature and how these forms and ideas have changed over time. 

This course integrates the study of drama as literature with the practical elements of theatrical production. 

This course is devoted to the research portion of the honours project. Open only to Honours students.

An honours essay to be written based on work completed in ENGL 4801.