ENGL 604
Special Topics in English Literature
Winter 2027 · Melville’s Currents and Currency
Topics
- Melville’s nautical fiction
- Race and labour
- Ecocriticism
- Queer theory
- Textual scholarship
Readings
- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; Typee; Redburn; The Confidence-Man; “Benito Cereno”; “Billy Budd.”
- Charles Olson, Call Me Ishmael.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Official course page ↗Winter 2027
- Departmental seminar description with reading information when supplied; not a full syllabus. Scheduled Winter 2027. These are focal works; broader contextual literature mentioned in passing is omitted.