UBC Department of English Language & Literatures

Department of English Language and Literatures

ENGL 247-001
NEW COURSE: 'On Television'
In this course, we will take up television (specifically, North American television) as an object of investigation and a subject for criticism. Our method will be to approach television by watching it, by reading critical and historical writing about it, and by taking the perspectives of print fiction, graphic novels, and film. We will try to understand why television is so provocative, why it has been so difficult to understand, and how we may develop tools and techniques to approach it critically.
ENGL 200
NEW COURSE: Principles of Literary Studies
Collaboratively taught by teams of award-winning professors, English 200 mixes lively seminars with shared weekly lectures, introducing students to important developments and practices in the study of literature.
ENGL 348-003
'Witty Women, Marriage and the Shakespearean Romantic Comedy'
Shakespeare’s comedies are about strong, independent, and witty female characters and the difficulties they face when trying to assert themselves in a patriarchal society. In this course, we will look at six of Shakespeare’s comedies, from the early battle of the sexes, The Taming of the Shrew, to the late “problem” comedy, All’s Well that Ends Well.
ENGL 224-001
"Near and Far"
Who is the ideal reader of a literature from “everywhere?” Who benefits from the markets, circulations, and exchanges of world literature? We will read novels, stories, and poems, case histories and debates, listening to theoretical voices along with participants and dissidents.
ENGL 324-001
NEW COURSE: "What is Happening in the English Language Today?"
We will study grammatical changes ongoing in English as it is spoken and written in the twenty-first century. Apart from very obvious changes, such as the use of be like or be all by younger speakers as a 'quotative' (And he was like, “I’m out of here”), there are many less obvious changes.
ENGL 361-001
NEW COURSE: "Old, Weird, America"
This course, on pre-imperial US literature, gravitates around 'weird' nineteenth-century writing that is fascinated by deformed or disfigured bodies, unlikely or extraordinary events, and what is contaminated or impossible.
ENGL 382-001
NEW COURSE: 'Anti-/De-/Post-Colonization'
We will read and discuss a selection of diverse literary and cultural texts that engage with both critical theory and Indigenous thought and practice in nuanced and creative ways, from short stories and poetry, to films and art installations.

ENGL 247-001

ENGL 200

ENGL 348-003

ENGL 224-001

ENGL 324-001

ENGL 361-001

ENGL 382-001

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