Thesis

Introduction27Research Question28Literature Review31Methodology23Timeline and Resources24Introduction21Literature Review31Methodology25Results31Discussion24Conclusion22Preparing for the Defense22Responding to Questions24Revisions and Final Submission25

Independent Study

Elements of Literature25Literary Theory30Close Reading28Medieval Literature27Renaissance Literature22Romantic Literature28Colonial and Early National Literature2819th-Century American Literature2520th-Century American Literature29Ancient Greek Literature26Medieval European Literature26Modern World Literature24

Advanced Literary Studies

Introduction to Literary Theory24Literary Criticism in Practice31Medieval Literature29Renaissance Literature25Romantic Literature29Victorian Literature25Modernist Literature27Postmodernist Literature22Early American Literature2819th-Century American Literature3020th-Century American Literature28Contemporary American Literature26Ancient Greek Literature22Ancient Roman Literature17Medieval European Literature23Renaissance European Literature26Enlightenment European Literature23Romantic European Literature22Realist European Literature28Modernist European Literature26Postmodernist European Literature27

Introduction to Literary Studies

What is Literature?22Literary Theory and Criticism25Literary Genres29Close Reading and Textual Analysis28Contextual Analysis27Literary Interpretation26Medieval Literature26Renaissance Literature26Modern Literature22Canadian Literature27Postcolonial Literature24Digital Humanities29

Shakespeare

Shakespeare s Birth and Early Life23Shakespeare s London24Shakespeare s Career29Shakespeare s Vocabulary23Shakespeare s Imagery26Shakespeare s Verse and Prose30Hamlet25Macbeth23King Lear23Othello27Sonnet Structure and Form22Shakespeare s Sonnet Themes25Famous Shakespearean Sonnets23Shakespeare s Impact on English Literature24Shakespeare in Performance29Shakespeare s Global Reach30

Literary Theory

What is Literary Theory?27Theories of Interpretation22Theories of Genre31Russian Formalism25Structuralism30Post-Structuralism26Marxist Literary Criticism22Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism22Feminist Literary Criticism22Postcolonial Theory28Cultural Studies28Ecocriticism23

British Literature I

Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature28Beowulf27Other Anglo-Saxon Texts22Introduction to Medieval Literature25Geoffrey Chaucer22Other Medieval Texts24Introduction to Renaissance Literature28William Shakespeare29Other Renaissance Texts29Introduction to Restoration and 18th Century Literature23John Milton28Other Restoration and 18th Century Texts25Introduction to Romantic Literature23William Wordsworth24Other Romantic Texts24Introduction to Victorian Literature24Charles Dickens25Other Victorian Texts22Introduction to Modern Literature28James Joyce28Other Modern Texts25

British Literature II

Geoffrey Chaucer26William Langland27John Gower16William Shakespeare21John Milton29John Donne23Edmund Spenser22Sir Philip Sidney22Ben Jonson26

American Literature I

Puritanism and the American Dream22The Enlightenment and the American Revolution28Major Authors and Works of the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras29Transcendentalism and the American Renaissance26Major Authors and Works of the Romantic Era24Realism and the American Novel30Naturalism and the American Novel27Major Authors and Works of the Realist and Naturalist Eras29Modernism and the American Novel23Major Authors and Works of the Modernist Era30Postmodernism and the American Novel23Major Authors and Works of the Contemporary Era26

American Literature II

The Origins of American Literature22Major Puritan Writers and Works25The Salem Witch Trials and its Literary Impact23The Enlightenment and its Impact on American Thought25Revolutionary Literature and the Founding Fathers27The Emergence of American Identity27The Transcendentalist Movement29Major Romantic Writers and Works26The Gothic and the Supernatural in American Literature24The Rise of Realism and Naturalism29Major Realist and Naturalist Writers23The Influence of Darwinism and Social Darwinism31The Lost Generation and the Harlem Renaissance28Major Modernist Writers and Works29The Impact of World War I and the Great Depression24

Milton

Milton s Early Life and Education30Milton s Political and Religious Beliefs10The Rise of the Commonwealth and Milton s Role30The Epic Structure and Themes10The Fall of Man20The Character of Satan10The Role of God and Heaven26The Language and Style of Paradise Lost16Paradise Regained: A Sequel to Paradise Lost26Samson Agonistes: A Tragedy of Blindness and Redemption27Milton s Later Years and Legacy10Milton and the English Renaissance10Milton and the Puritan Revolution28Milton and the Enlightenment30Romantic and Victorian Interpretations of Milton0Modern and Postmodern Readings of Milton30Feminist and Postcolonial Readings of Milton26

Romantic Literature

Historical and Cultural Context26Key Characteristics of Romantic Literature24William Wordsworth23Samuel Taylor Coleridge31Percy Bysshe Shelley27John Keats24Mary Shelley23Jane Austen26William Hazlitt29Samuel Taylor Coleridge24

Victorian Literature

The Pre-Raphaelites29The Spasmodics25The Aesthetes25The Brontë Sisters26Charles Dickens30George Eliot27Oscar Wilde27George Bernard Shaw28Henrik Ibsen25

Modernist Literature

The Historical Context of Modernism0The Key Characteristics of Modernism10The Major Authors and Works of Modernism10The Imagist Movement0The Vorticist Movement30The Harlem Renaissance0The Stream of Consciousness Technique28The Experimental Novel10The Lost Generation30The Expressionist Movement0The Theatre of the Absurd29The Epic Theatre10

Postmodernist Literature

Definition and Characteristics of Postmodernism30Historical and Cultural Context22James Joyce s Ulysses23Samuel Beckett s Waiting for Godot23Margaret Atwood s The Handmaid s Tale24Fragmentation and Collage30Intertextuality and Pastiche24Metafiction and Self-Reflexivity29Identity and Subjectivity28Power and Knowledge25Ethics and Responsibility29Postmodernism in the Digital Age25Global Postmodernism28The Future of Postmodernism22

Contemporary Literature

Defining Contemporary Literature26Historical and Cultural Context22Major Literary Movements24The Contemporary Novel24Short Story and Novella22Canadian Fiction28Contemporary Poetic Forms28Themes in Contemporary Poetry29Canadian Poetry22Contemporary Theatre29Play Analysis30Canadian Drama24Major Literary Theories24Literary Criticism28Contemporary Literary Debates29

Canadian Literature

Exploration and Colonization25The Loyalist Tradition24Romanticism and Nationalism30The Confederation Poets30Realism and Social Criticism29The Influence of Modernism22The Great War and Its Aftermath27The Rise of Canadian Literature24Contemporary Canadian Literature27

World Literature I

Ancient Greek Literature30Ancient Roman Literature29Medieval European Literature25Renaissance Literature23Enlightenment Literature22Romanticism28Realism26Modernism22Contemporary Literature23

World Literature II

The Epic of Gilgamesh28The Iliad and the Odyssey22The Aeneid27Greek Tragedy31Shakespearean Drama27Modern Drama31The Rise of the Novel29The Victorian Novel29The Modernist Novel27Pre-Romantic Poetry29Romantic Poetry28Modernist Poetry24

Creative Writing I

What is Creative Writing?25The Creative Process22Finding Inspiration26Elements of Fiction29Short Story Writing26Novel Writing22Elements of Poetry20Types of Poetry23Poetic Analysis31Elements of Drama28Playwriting22Dramatic Analysis28Genre Studies23Experimental Writing26Creative Writing Portfolio24

Creative Writing II

Point of View28Character Development24Plot Structure24Dialogue28Setting28Short Story29Novel25Poetry25Creative Nonfiction30Experimental Writing28Brainstorming and Idea Generation31Drafting and Editing29Peer Review and Feedback24Finalizing and Submitting24