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ENG 4186

Literature and Culture: Seminar

3 units

Winter 2027 · Literary Animal Studies

Topics

  • Animal agency
  • Ecocriticism
  • Posthumanism
  • Vegan studies

Readings

  • The Lives of Animals
    J.M. Coetzee · 1999 · Possible text; source says might include
  • Bear
    Marian Engel · Possible text; source says might include
  • Life of Pi
    Yann Martel · 2001 · Possible text; source says might include
  • My Year of Meats
    Ruth Ozeki · 1998 · Possible text; source says might include
  • Carol J. Adams, theory of the “absent referent”; work unspecified.
  • Jacques Derrida, concept of “l’animot”; work unspecified.
Fall 2026 · England’s French: the Forms, Traditions, and Conundrums of England’s Francophone Literature (1066-1500)

Topics

  • Medieval francophone England
  • Romance
  • Literary canons

Readings

  • Lais
    Marie de France · Modern English translation; edition unspecified · Will be read
  • Early stories of King Arthur, in modern English translation; specific texts unspecified.
  • Romances of Tristan and Isolde, in modern English translation; specific texts unspecified.
Sources