The following categories offer a broad orientation to English as a discipline and suggest some of our department’s core areas of strength. They can be a guide for selecting related courses as students move through the program. They also highlight some of the possible routes and threads students can follow as they develop particular areas of interest.
Students should keep in mind that these categories are not mutually exclusive and that an important aspect of studying English literature involves thinking critically about the construction of historical and thematic boundaries. Students are also encouraged to develop thematic routes and threads through the program that reflect their individual areas of interest. Faculty members are available for individual consultation to discuss possibilities.
Medieval Literature
ENGB27H3 Charting Literary History I
ENGB31H3 The Romance: In Quest of the Marvelous
ENGB39H3 Tolkien’s Middle Ages
ENGC29H3 Chaucer
ENGD29H3 Chaucer at Work
ENGD30H3 Topics in Medieval Literature
Early Modern (Renaissance) Literature
ENGB27H3 Charting Literary History I
ENGB32H3 Shakespeare in Context I
ENGB33H3 Shakespeare in Context II
ENGC10H3 Studies in Shakespeare
ENGC33H3 Deceit, Dissent, and the English Civil Wars, 1603-1660
ENGC34H3 Early Modern Women and Literature, 1500-1700
ENGC35H3 Imagined Communities in Early Modern England, 1500-1700
ENGD14H3 Topics in Early Modern Literature and Culture
ENGD19H3 Theoretical Approaches to Early Modern Literature and Culture
Long 18th-Century British Literature
ENGB28H3 Charting Literary History II
ENGC36H3 Literature and Culture, 1660-1750
ENGC37H3 Literature and Culture, 1750-1830
ENGC38H3 Novel Genres: Fiction, Journalism, News, and Autobiography, 1640-1750
ENGC39H3 The Early Novel in Context, 1740-1830
ENGC69H3 Gothic Literature
ENGD18H3 Topics in the Long Eighteenth Century, 1660-1830
Long 19th-Century British Literature (Includes Romantic and Victorian)
ENGB28H3 Charting Literary History II
ENGC21H3 The Victorian Novel
ENGC42H3 Romanticism
ENGC43H3 Nineteenth-Century Literature and Contemporary Culture
ENGC69H3 Gothic Literature
ENGD43H3 Topics in Romanticism, 1750-1850
ENGD48H3 Studies in Major Victorian Writers
ENGD89H3 Topics in the Victorian Period
Modernism, Modernity, and Postmodernity
ENGA10H3 Literature and Film for Our Time: Visions and Revisions
ENGA11H3 Literature and Film for Our Time: Dawn of the Digital
ENGB14H3 Twentieth-Century Drama
ENGB28H3 Charting Literary History II
ENGB75H3 Cinema and Modernity I
ENGB76H3 Cinema and Modernity II
ENGC47H3 Modernist Poetry
ENGC80H3 Modernist Narrative
ENGD07H3 Studies in Postmodern Poetry
ENGD13H3 Rap Poetics
ENGD42H3 Studies in Major Modernist Writers
ENGD91H3 Avant-Garde Cinema
Canadian Literature
ENGB06H3 Canadian Literature I: Imagining the Nation
ENGB07H3 Canadian Literature II: Re-imagining the Nation
ENGB25H3 The Canadian Short Story
ENGC01H3 Indigenous Literature of Turtle Island (Canada)
ENGC02H3 Major Canadian Authors
ENGC03H3 Topics in Canadian Fiction
ENGC07H3 Canadian Drama
ENGC09H3 Canadian Poetry
ENGC70H3 The Immigrant Experience in Literature to 1980
ENGC71H3 The Immigrant Experience in Literature since 1980
ENGD57H3 Studies in Major Canadian Writers
ENGD58H3 Topics in Canadian Literature
ENGD80H3 Women and Canadian Writing
ENGD84H3 Canadian Writing for the New Century
American Literature
ENGB08H3 American Literature to 1860
ENGB09H3 American Literature from the Civil War to the Present
ENGC12H3 Individualism and Community in American Literature
ENGC13H3 Ethnic Traditions in American Literature
ENGC50H3 Studies in Contemporary American Fiction
ENGC70H3 The Immigrant Experience in Literature to 1980
ENGC71H3 The Immigrant Experience in Literature since 1980
ENGC91H3 American Realisms
ENGD59H3 Topics in American Poetry
ENGD60H3 Topics in American Prose
Postcolonial, Diasporic, and World Literatures
ENGB17H3 Contemporary Literature from the Caribbean
ENGB19H3 Contemporary Literature from South Asia
ENGB22H3 Contemporary Literature from Africa
ENGC01H3 Indigenous Literature in Canada: Turtle Island
ENGC13H3 Ethnic Traditions in American Literature
ENGC18H3 Colonial and Postcolonial Literature
ENGC19H3 Transnational Literature
ENGC51H3 Contemporary Arab Women Writers
ENGC59H3 Geography and Regionalism in Literature
ENGC70H3 The Immigrant Experience in Literature to 1980
ENGC71H3 The Immigrant Experience in Literature since 1980
ENGC83H3 Studies in World Cinema
ENGC84H3 Cinema and Migration
ENGD08H3 Topics in African Literature
ENGD62H3 Topics in Postcolonial Literature and Film
ENGD71H3 Studies in Arab North American Literature
ENGD96H3 Iranian Cinema
Form and Genre
ENGA01H3 What Is Literature?
ENGB04H3 How to Read a Poem
ENGB12H3 Life Writing
ENGB31H3 The Romance: In Quest of the Marvelous
ENGB34H3 The Short Story
ENGC23H3 Fantasy and the Fantastic in Literature and the Other Arts
ENGC26H3 Drama: Tragedy
ENGC27H3 Drama: Comedy
ENGC48H3 Satire
ENGC54H3 Gender and Genre
ENGC78H3 Dystopian Visions in Fiction and Film
ENGD07H3 Studies in Postmodern Poetry
ENGD12H3 Topics in Life Writing
ENGD13H3 Rap Poetics
ENGD53H3 Studies in Popular Genres
ENGD94H3 Stranger Than Fiction: The Documentary Film
Aspects of Theory
ENGB50H3 Women and Literature: Forging a Tradition
ENGB74H3 The Body in Literature and Film
ENGC12H3 Individualism and Community in American Literature
ENGC54H3 Gender and Genre
ENGC59H3 Geography and Regionalism in Literature
ENGC82H3 Cinema Studies: Themes and Theories
ENGD03H3 Topics in Contemporary Literary Theory
ENGD19H3 Theoretical Approaches to Early Modern Literature and Culture
ENGD55H3 Literature, Politics, Revolution
ENGD93H3 Theoretical Approaches to Cinema
ENGD98Y3 Senior Essay and Capstone Seminar
Literature, Culture, and the Other Arts
ENGA10H3 Literature and Film for Our Time: Visions and Revisions
ENGA11H3 Literature and Film for Our Time: Dawn of the Digital
ENGB30H3 Classical Myth and Literature
ENGB37H3 Popular Literature and Mass Culture
ENGB52H3 Literature and Science
ENGC11H3 Poetry and Popular Culture
ENGC16H3 The Bible and Literature I
ENGC17H3 The Bible and Literature II
ENGC36H3 Literature and Culture, 1660-1750
ENGC37H3 Literature and Culture, 1750-1830
ENGC43H3 Nineteenth-Century Literature and Contemporary Culture
ENGC54H3 Gender and Genre
ENGC56H3 Literature and Media: From Page to Screen
ENGC89H3 Creative Writing and Performance
ENGC90H3 Topics in Classical Myth and Literature
ENGD13H3 Rap Poetics
ENGD52H3 Cinema: The Auteur Theory
ENGD54H3 Comparative Approaches to Literature and Culture
ENGD68H3 Topics in Literature and Religion
Creative Writing
ENGB60H3 Creative Writing: Poetry I
ENGB61H3 Creative Writing: Fiction I
ENGB63H3 Creative Non-Fiction I
ENGC04H3 Creative Writing: Screenwriting
ENGC05H3 Creative Writing: Poetry and New Media
ENGC06H3 Creative Writing: Writing for Comics
ENGC08H3 Special Topics in Creative Writing I
ENGC24H3 Creative Writing: The Art of the Personal Essay
ENGC86H3 Creative Writing: Poetry II
ENGC87H3 Creative Writing: Fiction II
ENGD22H3 Special Topics in Creative Writing II
ENGD26Y3 Independent Studies in Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGD27Y3 Independent Studies in Creative Writing: Prose
ENGD28Y3 Independent Studies in Creative Writing: Special Topics
ENGD95H3 Creative Writing as a Profession
Literature and Film Studies
ENGA10H3 Literature and Film for Our Time: Visions and Revisions
ENGA11H3 Literature and Film for Our Time: Literature and Film for Our Time: Dawn of the Digital
ENGB70H3 Introduction to Cinema
ENGB74H3 The Body in Literature and Film
ENGB75H3 Cinema and Modernity I
ENGC56H3 Literature and Media: From Page to Screen
ENGC78H3 Dystopian Visions in Fiction and Film
ENGC82H3 Cinema Studies: Themes and Theories
ENGC83H3 Studies in World Cinema
ENGC84H3 Cinema and Migration
ENGD52H3 Cinema: The Auteur Theory
ENGD62H3 Topics in Postcolonial Literature and Film
ENGD91H3 Avant-Garde Cinema
ENGD93H3 Theoretical Approaches to Cinema