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Spring Course offerings - May 1 - June 12
Course Code Title / Description Lecturer
English 1015 SDE - Introduction to Academic Writing Cindy Soldan
An introduction to university-level standards of composition, revision, editing, research, and documentation. A review of English grammar (word and sentence level) and rhetorical forms (paragraph level and beyond), and a study of the methods and conventions of academic argumentation and research, with an emphasis on finding and evaluating sources, formulating research questions, developing arguments, and composing various types of analyses including academic essays.
Note: Students who have previous credit in English 1011, 1031, or 1500 may not take English 1015 for credit.
ENGL/WOME 2810 SDE - Gender, Sexuality and the Body in Leslie Clement Literature and Culture
An introduction to the role cultural texts play in constructions and understandings of gender, sexuality and the body and their historical and cultural variations. Topics to be covered may include diverse feminisms, masculinity, femininity, biology, queer studies, trans politics, and reproductive politics. These topics will be illuminated through a variety of cultural and theoretical texts.
Prerequisite(s): One FCE in English at the first-year level, or Women’s Studies 1100, or second-year standing, or permission of the Chair of the Department of English
Notes: Women's Studies Group 1 course
English 3052 SDE - Special Topics in Global and Minority Literatures: Linda Rodenburg New Zealand Literature
This course focuses on the literatures and cultures of New Zealand, drawing on the writings of both Mãori and Pãkehã to discuss the postcolonial politics of identity. Reading works form a variety of genres and historical periods, students will engage critically with stories as they relate to identity and power relations.
Prerequisite(s): Two FCEs in English, including at least one half-course at the second-year level, or permission of the Chair of the Department
Note: English 3052 counts toward fulfillment of the Area 3 requirement.
Summer Course offerings July 3 - August 14
Course Code Title / Description Lecturer
English 1015 ADE - Introduction to Academic Writing Cindy Soldan
An introduction to university-level standards of composition, revision, editing, research, and documentation. A review of English grammar (word and sentence level) and rhetorical forms (paragraph level and beyond), and a study of the methods and conventions of academic argumentation and research, with an emphasis on finding and evaluating sources, formulating research questions, developing arguments, and composing various types of analyses including academic essays.
Note: Students who have previous credit in English 1011, 1031, or 1500 may not take English 1015 for credit.
English 2916 ADE - Popular Fiction Holly Morgan
A study of popular texts. The role played by aesthetics in the evaluation of texts, as well as the relationship between “the popular” and “the literary,” and between "high" and "low" genres will be covered. Texts may include best-sellers, genre fiction, pulp fiction, romance, and television.
Prerequisite(s): One FCE in English at the first-year level or second-year standing, or permission of the Chair of the Department
Note: Students who have previous credit in English 3916 may not take English 2916 for credit.
English 3911 ADE - Special Topics: History of English Rhonda Dubec
This course provides a chronological study of the history of the English language from its Indo-European roots to the present. We move from the prehistory of English, through Old English (before 1100), Middle English (12th-15th c.) and Early Modern English (16th—18th c.), to Modern English 18th c. to present) and World Englishes. Considering the social and political factors affecting language change, we examine the change in sounds (phonology), in forms of words and endings (morphology), in sentence structure (syntax), in spelling (orthography), in meanings of words (semantics), and in vocabulary (lexicon). We end with a consideration of the global hegemony of English and the rise of world Englishes, looking forward to what “English” might be like in 100 years.
Prerequisite(s): Two FCEs in English, including at least one half-course at the second-year level, or permission of the Chair of the Department
We invite all undergraduate and graduate students of English on both campuses to submit proposals for 7-8 page papers on any topic related to English studies. Submissions should include a title and proposal describing your paper (max 300 words).
Email submissions to mflegel@lakeheadu.ca by Friday March 2, 2018. You can download full CFP details or contact the Department of English at engl@lakeheadu.ca for an e-copy.
Dr. Lousley’s research will focus on the study of contemporary Canadian novels and short stories, looking at the ways in which environmental concerns have been narrated in Canadian fiction. Her interest in memory aims to shift the focus away from future environmental concerns that tend to dominate to look at how our environmental histories tend to be forgotten.
“We talk about a number of great losses and sacrifices made in the development of our country, such as during war, but environmental losses, such as from polluted waterways, mining and climate change, do not tend to have the same profile and public memory,” said Dr. Lousley. “We always think that environmental problems are going to come in the future and that contributes to us carrying on in denial of climate change.”
In particular, she hopes her research will unveil the ways that different Canadian contemporary writers have been intervening in the narrative of Canada by the way in which they talk about our environmental past – writing stories back in so that way we can remember the ecological suffering that also happened during the development of our nation.
Fulbright Canada, the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America, is a binational, treaty-based, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization that encourages mutual understanding between Canada and the United States of America by providing academic and cultural opportunities.
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