ENGL 101 Critical Reading and WritingDepartment of English
Faculty of Arts
Note: Courses in the Department of English teach the English language and its several literatures; some works may be taught in translation as necessary to fulfil the primary goal of understanding English literature.
See also WRITE.
Undergraduate Courses
Notes:
(1) Most students will take ENGL 100 or 101, two term courses, either of which will serve as the prerequisite to all senior English courses. Students with credit in ENGL 100 or 101 or equivalent should not take current ENGL 100 or 101 and may proceed to senior English courses. Transfer students to the Faculty of Arts who have received credit in *3 in junior-level English are permitted to take either ENGL 104 or 105 in lieu of the ENGL 100/101 requirement.
(2) Normally, no more than one two term, junior English course, or equivalent, maybe offered for credit in an undergraduate program.
(3) Junior English courses require a substantial amount of writing in essays and tests to afford practice in setting down ideas in good English.
(4) All senior courses have as prerequisite ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent; prerequisites for 400-level courses are *12 of senior English, *6 of which must be at the 300-level (as numbered in this edition of the Calendar, including any specific course prerequisites in the individual course descriptions).
(5) Not all senior courses are offered in any given year.
ENGL 101 Critical Reading and Writing*6 (fi 12) (two term, 3-0-0). A critical study of literature in English, concentrating on works written since 1800, with a minimum 30% of class time devoted to writing instruction. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in ENGL 100 or 110 or 104/105.
*3 (fi 6) (first term, 3-0-0). This course combines formal instruction in writing with a study of the essay and the short story. One-half of class time will be devoted to writing instruction. This course may be followed only by ENGL 109. Note: Not to be taken by students in Arts and Education. This course will be offered by arrangement with client Faculties.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). This course is designed to develop the student's ability to write the narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive prose fundamental to all written communication. Instruction and practice will be integrated with the study of prose models drawn from modern essayists. A review of basic grammar will be included. Note: Restricted to students in the Faculty of Engineering only.
Note: All senior courses have as a prerequisite ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Representative works of
writers illustrating the tradition of the short story in English.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). A reading of nine plays,
representing the range of Shakespeare's work.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent. Note: Not to be taken by
students with credit in ENGL 338.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). A study of the varieties of
literature, written and spoken, of popular culture in English.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*6 (fi 12) (two term, 3-0-0). An historical and critical
study of children's literature in English. It includes books written
especially for children and books annexed from English literature by
children.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent. Note: Not to be taken by
students with credit in ENGL 388, 389 or 487.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Representative poems of the
Romantic period. Note: Not to be taken by students with credit in
ENGL 351.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Representative works of
20th-century American writers from mid-century to the present. Note:
Not to be taken by students with credit in ENGL 360.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). A critical and historical
study of representative Canadian writing in English. Note: Not to be
taken by students with credit in ENGL 372, or former ENGL 384, or
former ENGL 387.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). A critical and historical
study of representative Canadian writing in English from 1960. Note:
Not to be taken by students with credit in ENGL 372, or former ENGL
384, or former ENGL 386.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). An examination of the
related fields of folklore and fantasy in children's literature in
English. It deals with those elements of folklore, mythology and
legend that have become a traditional part of children's literature
and also includes certain modern adaptations and fantasies which have
their origins in myth and folklore.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). A representative sampling
of classics of children's literature in English. As an historical
survey it will examine prevailing and changing attitudes towards
children to provide a critical assessment of the ways in which
various authors have succeeded in understanding and pleasing a
particular audience.
Prerequisite: ENGL 100, 101 or equivalent.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0).
Prerequisites: Please refer to Note (4) at the beginning of this
listing.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0).
Prerequisites: Please refer to Note (4) at the beginning of this
listing.
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0). Note: Students may take this directed-reading course no more than once during their program.
Graduate Courses
Selected courses from the following list will be offered each year. Details of each year's program may be obtained early in the preceding spring from the Department.
*3 (fi 6) (first term, 3-0-0).
*3 (fi 6) (second term, 3-0-0).
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0).
*3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0).
*3 (fi 6) (either term, unassigned).