Routes and Threads through the English Program

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 Charting Literary History I Romance: In Quest of the Marvelous Tolkien’s Middle Ages Chaucer Studies in Medieval Literature Medieval Life Writing Chaucer’s Early Works Topics in Medieval Literature
	Early Modern (Renaissance) Literature Charting Literary History I Shakespeare in Context I Shakespeare in Context II Studies in Shakespeare Deceit, Dissent, and the English Civil Wars, 1603-1660 Early Modern Women and Literature, 1500-1700 Imagined Communities in Early Modern England, 1500-1700 Topics in Early Modern English Literature and Culture Theoretical Approaches to Early Modern Literature and Culture
	Long 18th Century British Literature Charting Literary History II Literature & Culture, 1660-1750 Literature & Culture, 1750-1830 Novel Genres: Fiction, Journalism, News, and Autobiography, 1640-1750 The Early Novel in Context, 1740-1830 Gothic Literature Topics in the Long Eighteenth-Century, 1660-1830
	Long 19th Century British Literature (Romantic & Victorian) Charting Literary History II The Victorian Novel Victorian Popular Fiction Victorian Poetry & Prose Romanticism Nineteenth-Century Literature & Contemporary Culture Gothic Literature Topics in Romanticism, 1750-1850 Studies in Major Victorian Writers Topics in the Victorian Period
	Modernism, Modernity, and Postmodernity Literature & Film for Our Time: Visions & Revisions Literature & Film for Our Time: Dawn of the Digital Twentieth-Century Drama Charting Literary History II Cinema & Modernity I Cinema & Modernity II Modernist Poetry Modernist Narrative Studies in Postmodern Poetry Rap Poetics Studies in Major Modernist Writers Avant-Garde Cinema
	Canadian Literature Canadian Literature to 1900 Canadian Literature 1900 to Present The Canadian Short Story Indigenous Literature of Turtle Island (Canada) Major Canadian Authors Topics in Canadian Fiction Canadian Drama Canadian Poetry The Immigrant Experience in Literature to 1980 The Immigrant Experience in Literature since 1980 Studies in Major Canadian Writers Topics in Canadian Literature Women and Canadian Writing Canadian Writing for the New Century
	American Literature American Literature to 1860 American Literature from the Civil War to the Present Individualism and Community in American Literature Ethnic Traditions in American Literature Studies in Contemporary American Fiction The Immigrant Experience in Literature to 1980 The Immigrant Experience in Literature since 1980 American Realisms Topics in American Poetry Topics in American Prose
	Postcolonial, Diasporic, and World Literatures Contemporary Literature from the Caribbean Contemporary Literature from South Asia Contemporary Literature from Africa Indigenous Literature of Turtle Island (Canada) Ethnic Traditions in American Lit Colonial & Postcolonial Literature Transnational Literature Contemporary Arab Women Writers Geography and Regionalism in Lit The Immigrant Experience in Literature to 1980 The Immigrant Experience in Literature since 1980 Studies in World Cinema Cinema and Migration Topics in African Literature Topics in Postcolonial Literature Studies in Arab North-American Lit Iranian Cinema
	Form and Genre What Is Literature? How to Read a Poem Life Writing The Short Story Children’s Literature The Graphic Novel How to Read a Film Fantasy and the Fantastic Drama: Tragedy Drama: Comedy Satire Gender & Genre Gothic Literature Dystopian Visions in Fiction & Film Superheroes in Fiction & Film Topics in Life Writing Rap Poetics Studies in Popular Genres Stranger Than Fiction: The Documentary Film
	Aspects of Theory What Is Literature? Critical Writing About Literature Women and Literature: Forging a Tradition The Body and Literature in Film Individualism and Community in American Literature Introduction to Theory and Criticism Self & Other in Literature and Film Gender and Genre Geography and Regionalism in Literature Cinema Studies: Themes & Theories Topics in Contemporary Literary Theory Theoretical Approaches to Early Modern Literature and Culture Literature, Politics, Revolution Theoretical Approaches to Cinema Capstone Seminar
	Literature, Culture, and the Other Arts Classical Myth and Literature Popular Literature & Mass Culture Literature and Science Poetry and Popular Culture The Bible and Literature I The Bible and Literature II Victorian Popular Fiction Literature & Culture, 1660-1750 19th Century Literature & Contemporary Culture Literature & Media: From Page to Screen Creative Writing & Performance Topics in Classical Myth and Lit Rap Poetics Fake Friends & A.I.: The Human-Robot Relationship in Lit & Culture Comparative Approaches to Literature & Culture Topics in Literature and Religion
	Literature and Film Studies Literature & Film for Our Time: Visions & Revisions Literature & Film for Our Time: Dawn of the Digital How to Read a Film The Body in Literature and Film Cinema and Modernity I Cinema and Modernity II Self and Other in Literature and Film Literature & Media: From Page to Screen Dystopian Visions in Fiction and Film Cinema Studies: Themes & Theories Studies in World Cinema Cinema and Migration Cinema: Auteur Theory Topics in Postcolonial Lit & Film Avant-Garde Cinema Theoretical Approaches to Cinema Stranger Than Fiction: The Documentary Film
	Creative Writing Creative Writing: Poetry I Creative Writing: Fiction I Creative Nonfiction I Creative Writing: Screenwriting Creative Writing: Poetry & New Media Creative Writing: Writing for Comics Special Topics in Creative Writing I Creative Writing: The Art of the Personal Essay Creative Writing: Poetry II Creative Writing: Fiction II Creative Nonfiction II Creative Writing and Performance Special Topics in Creative Writing II Independent Studies in Creative Writing: Poetry Independent Studies in Creative Writing: Prose Independent Studies in Creative Writing: Special Topics Creative Writing as a Profession

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Routes and Threads through the English Program

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