UBC Department of English Language & Literatures

Department of English Language and Literatures

ENGL 348-002
ENGL 348-002: Mediatic Shakespeare Shakespeare was professionally immersed in the three major media of his time: orality, script, and print. This course studies Shakespeare’s dramatization of the interrelationships of these media in a number of major works.
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.
New Courses of Interest
We introduced more than 30 new courses starting in 2019 Winter Session. Learn more about our new courses. Explore our course offerings!
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 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.

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