ENGL 290
Seminar in Literary Interpretation
Winter 2027 · Seminar in Literary Interpretation — Bleak House
Topics
- Seminar in Literary Interpretation — Bleak House
- Victorian
- nineteenth century
Readings
- The Broadview Press edition of Bleak House is required for this course.; Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Broadview Press, 2010; Since the course focuses on Bleak House, students should acquire a copy of the Broadview Press edition of the novel by the beginning of the course to avoid falling behind on readings and assignments.
Winter 2027 · Seminar in Literary Interpretation — Trapline Narratives
Topics
- Seminar in Literary Interpretation — Trapline Narratives
Readings
- Named in description (status as stated): Trapline Narratives We will read Duncan McCue’s The Shoe Boy: A Trapline Memoir (2016), David Robertson’s The Theory of Crows (2022), and Anton Treuer’s Where Wolves Don’t Die (2024) to explore Indigenous ways of storytelling.
Winter 2027 · Seminar in Literary Interpretation — Henry Fielding’s Stage & Page
Topics
- Seminar in Literary Interpretation — Henry Fielding’s Stage & Page
- drama
Fall 2026
Topics
- Seminar in Literary Interpretation
- colonialism
Fall 2026 · Seminar in Literary Interpretation — Octavia Butler's Parables
Topics
- Octavia Butler’s Parables
- Afrofuturism and dystopia
- identity
- environmental crisis
- social and economic collapse.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Official departmental HTML course page ↗Winter 2027
- Official departmental HTML course page ↗Winter 2027
- Official departmental HTML course page ↗Winter 2027
- Official departmental HTML course page ↗Fall 2026
- Official departmental HTML course page ↗Fall 2026
- Materials note: Additional readings will be provided via onQ. Topics condensed from the course title, topic headings and terms in the published description. Public departmental HTML description; not necessarily a complete syllabus. Separate source variants are retained.
- Topics condensed from the course title, topic headings and terms in the published description. Source labels these as course materials; required versus recommended status is not specified. Public departmental HTML description; not necessarily a complete syllabus. Separate source variants are retained.
- Topics condensed from the course title, topic headings and terms in the published description. Public departmental HTML description; not necessarily a complete syllabus. Separate source variants are retained.
- Topics condensed from the course title, topic headings and terms in the published description. Public departmental HTML description; not necessarily a complete syllabus. Separate source variants are retained.
- Public departmental HTML description; not necessarily a complete syllabus. Separate source variants are retained.