Curious about what kinds of things we do in English? Our course spotlight features some of the concepts, texts, and approaches explored in various corners of the UTSC English programs. Read below for a sampling, and feel free to contact any of the professors if you have questions about their courses.
ENGB33: Shakespeare in Context II
Offered Fall 2020. Shakespeare's context is more familiar to us that you might imagine: love, war, madness, globalization, social unrest, and theatre in the time of plague! Pre-1900 course.
ENGB37: Popular Literature & Mass Culture
Offered Fall 2020. You'll never have more fun at the end of the world -- and exploring what comes after -- than in Prof. Bolus-Reichert's class on apocalyptic fiction!
ENGB52: Literature & Science
Offered Fall 2020. Are you ready for a semester of monsters and metaphor? Interested in where the nuclear meets the novel? This is the course for you!
ENGB63: Creative Writing: Nonfiction I
Offered Fall 2020. Explore truth and transformation with Andrew Westoll, as he guides you through this complex and controversial genre.
ENGC02: Major Canadian Authors
Offered Fall 2020. How can Canadian literature help us understand the transformations our world is going through? Prof. Goldman has some ideas she'd like to share with you.
ENGC59: Literature and the Environment
Offered Fall 2020. How can literature help us understand -- and engage with -- environmental justice and place-making? Prof. Milne's class will ground you in one of the most important conversations we can have.
ENGC87: Creative Writing Fiction II
Offered Fall 2020. Explore your voice and expand your writing skills with award-winning author Alyx Dellamonica.
ENGC91: American Realisms
Offered Fall 2020. Looking for perspective on today's struggles for justice and equality in America? Join Prof. Maurice's class to learn what literature of the past can teach us about representation. Pre-1900 course.
ENGD02: Teaching Academic Writing: Theories, Methods, and Service Learning
Offered 2020-21. Prof. Assif's year-long service learning course will give you the opportunity to prepare for a future in teaching!
ENGD18: Enlightenment Orientalisms (Topics in the Long 18th C.)
Offered Fall 2020. Join Prof. Milne to continue the critical inquiry started by Edward Said, and trace European constructions of "the Orient" through 18th century tellings and retellings. Pre-1900 course.
ENGD30: Topics in Medieval Literature
Offered Fall 2020. Go on a thousand-year quest to find the meaning in King Arthur, covering a treacherous landscape of history, romance, and politics! Pre-1900 course.
ENGD50: Fake Friends and Artificial Intelligence
Offered Fall 2020. Confront the complex questions of "social robots" and creation myths in Prof. Goldman's new seminar.
ENGD55: Literature, Politics, Revolution
Offered Fall 2020. Build worlds while you explore the fate of our own with Prof. Bolus-Reichert's seminar on how literature intersects with climate crisis.
ENGD98: Capstone Seminar & Senior Essay
Offered 2020-21. In this yearlong course you will develop and present your own independent research project, and prepare for possible graduate studies in English.
ENGC12: Individualism and Community in American Literature
Offered Winter 2020. Explore conflicting conceptions of the self with Prof. Neal Dolan!
ENGC33: Deceit, Dissent, and the English Civil Wars
Offered Winter 2020. Explore a tumultous and war-torn but innovative period in English literature with Prof. Ryzhik!
ENGC38: Novel Genres
Offered Winter 2020. Explore early forms of the novel with Dr. Anne Milne!
ENGD19: Early Modern Sexualities
Offered in Winter 2020. Explore early modern representations of sexualities with Prof. Chakravarty!
ENGD48: Adapting Jane Eyre
Offered Winter 2020. Explore adaptations of Jane Eyre with Dr. Nikk!
ENGD60: Topics in American Prose
Offered Winter 2020. Explore the impact of advanced literacy in American prose with Prof. Neal Dolan!