English 110

Winter 2014 ENGLISH 110 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

 

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Instructor: S.Klein           Ph:             Email: Sherry.Klein@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-002     CRN: 11011  Time: 1:00-2:15 Days:  TR

IrishFiction

Ireland seems always to look in two directions:backward to its rich history and mythology, and forward to its role as a vital presence in the new Europe.  Although many contemporary Irish writers have attempted to leave behind the preoccupations of their literary antecedents, the spectres of British occupation, of famine and the resulting diaspora, continue to haunt them.Ireland is a country that epitomizes dichotomy: Catholic and Protestant, nativeIrish and colonizing English, North and South. This course examines a number of works, both short fiction and novels, that illustrate this duality.

Instructor:B. Montague             Ph: 585-4790              Email: bev.montague@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-004     CRN: 11013    Time:12:30-1:20      Days:  MWF

ENGL 110-009     CRN: 11017    Time: 10:00-11:15    Days: TR

Sympathy for the Devil

This course will focus on four novels about supernatural male protagonists by women authors. Each central character in these novels is described (often by himself) as a "monster" or a"devil," yet each of them undercut the traditional role of the villain as a stereotyped embodiment of evil. These characters emerge as both exotic and sympathetic for the human reader. The four novels will be discussed in terms of traditional obstacles to the publication of work by women, and the current boom in women's writing. You will be encouraged to develop and apply your own writing skills to an analysis of the novels. Class participation is worth 5%.

Instructor:J. Hillabold            Ph: 585-4669              Email: jean.hillabold@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-003      CRN: 11012     Time: 11:30-12:20   Days:MWF


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Instructor: M.Schnell           Ph:            Email: Melanie.Schnell@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-005     CRN: 11014   Time:10:00-11:15 Days:  TR


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ENGL 110-006     CRN: 11015   Time:11:30-12:45 Days:  TR


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Instructor:A. McQuigge           Ph: 585-4306             Email: alexis.mcquigge@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-007     CRN: 11017   Time:9:30-10:20 Days:  MWF


Transgressive Fiction

Transgressive fiction authors use shocking characters and themes to question societal and artistic norms. Their protagonists are lonely, nihilistic, anti-social characters who struggle from an often ill-defined social malaise. Through the works of Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club),Jeff Lindsay (Dexter), Amy Hempel (At The Gates of The Animal Kingdom) and others,this course shows that the genre, while controversial and subversive at times,often involves not-so-shocking motivations like the quest for community,recognition and love. We will examine the evolution of this genre and establish why these works, which often escape scholarly consideration, remain so popular with an eclectic and devoted audience.

Instructor:S. J. Wilson                                    Email:scott.j.wilson@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-C01/C02     CRN: 11022/11023   Time:9:30-10:20       Days:  MWF

ENGL 110-L11             CRN: 11042              Time: 2:30-3:20         Days:MWF


Innocence and Experience

The topic for the class is "innocence and experience."We will begin with four novels—The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies,Frankenstein, and Life of Pi—followed by a selection of poetry and non-fiction writing, which will be handed out. We will explore the concepts of "innocence"and "experience" through both psychological and social lenses and the implications of these concepts as social constructs. The composition component will follow from English 100, with a focus on essay writing, grammar, and other mechanics of writing as needed.

Instructor:D. Hoffmann                                 Email:Deborah.hoffmann@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-C03/C04     CRN: 11024/11025   Time:10:30-11:20     Days:  MWF


Psychological Gothic

Haunted houses, pervasive evil, secretive men and vulnerable women: these are the ingredients of the literature of the Gothic. As it developed, though, theGothic story soon became marked by a growing introversion. The spectres and monsters of the Gothic, which had once been dangerously and unreasonably real gradually become figures of nightmare—no less terrifying, but now largely located in the psyche. In this course, we will examine literary works of imaginative terror and horror as they explore the dark side of human experience through the medium of the mind. We will also look at works dealing with the permeable border between the waking world and dreams, between sanity and insanity, as well as between the conscious and the unconscious mind. By tracing this branch of Gothic tradition through various manifestations in England andAmerica from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries, students will also consider the universality of the human emotions—fear, awe at the sublime, terror and horror—which permeate Gothic narratives. The reading list includes short stories, novels and novellas.

Instructor:S. Bauman                                     Email:Susan.Bauman@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-C05/C06    CRN: 11026/11027   Time:11:30-12:20      Days:  MWF


Children's Fantasy Literature

Did you love the Harry Potter series and want to read more books like it? If so, this class is for you! We will study Harry Potter and other children's fantasy novels that share many similarities with the HarryPotter series, namely The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander, and The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. We will primarily focus on the influence of mythology on these works, particularly the idea of the archetypal hero, and why readers are continually drawn to the elements these books share.

Instructor:K. MacLennan                              Email:Kathryn.maclennan@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-C07/C08     CRN: 11028/11029   Time:12:30-1:20       Days:  MWF

ENGL 110-L09             CRN: 11040               Time: 1:00-2:15         Days:TR

Literature and Science

This Winter 2014 class will explore the role of science in modern society as it is represented in literature. The textbooks will be Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and The Year of the Flood by MargaretAtwood. There will also be some shorter readings and resources online. The class will have a strong emphasis on developing skills of analytical reading and clear, effective writing.

Instructor:A. MacDonald                   Email:Alex.Macdonald@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-C09/C10     CRN: 11029/11030   Time:10:00-11:15     Days:  TR


Western Canadian Fiction

*This is an intensive course taught twice a week for 7 weeks from  Jan. 07,2014 – Feb. 27, 2014.

This course examines the representation of the WesternCanadian experience in several novels and short stories written in the last forty years. Some of the concerns addressed include male and female experience,Aboriginal issues, the north, rural-urban dynamics, multicultural issues, the effects of the landscape on individual and communal life, and the relationship between region and nation.

Instructor: C.Riegel                Email: Christian.Riegel@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-C11/C12     CRN: 12517/12518   Time: 5:30-8:15         Days: TR


Arthurian Literature

From the Middle Ages to the present day, writers have drawn on the legend of King Arthur and his court to address the social,political, religious, literary and other concerns of their audiences. This course surveys the work of a variety of these writers, as it explores the enduring appeal and challenge of the Arthurian ideal.

Instructor:S. Moore                Email: Stephen.Moore@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-L01     CRN: 11032  Time: 8:30-9:20                Days:  MWF


Ethics of Storytelling

This course examines the ethical dimensions of storytelling through the study of a variety of texts that address the relative merits, responsibilities, and possibilities of fictional and nonfictional writing. What is the value of fiction? What obligations do writers have to historical events? Are certain subjects off-limits for fiction? Is non-fiction necessarily "truer" than fiction? Texts include Philip Roth's The Ghost Writer,Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl, and Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried.

Instructor:B. Salloum             Email:Ben.Salloum@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-L02     CRN: 11033            Time: 8:30-9:45                  Days:  TR

ENGL 110-L07      CRN:11038            Time: 11:30-12:45               Days: TR


Race, Gender, and Justice in the American Novel

Ralph Waldo Emerson criticized early American art and letters for failing to realize and represent the potential and promise of the young nation in new and independent ways. This course will discuss TheDeclaration of Independence and Emerson alongside three American novels that respond to Emerson's critique: Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Twain'sAdventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Morrison's Beloved. Thorough these texts,students will be faced with fundamental questions about democracy, equality,and freedom, and analyze the ways that these texts respond to issues of injustice and inequality.

Instructor:J. LaCoste             Email:Jed.LaCoste@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-L04     CRN: 11035   Time:10:30-11:20            Days:  MWF


Monsters and Heroes

How do you become a hero? Are monsters born or made?Why do we create and enjoy stories about monsters and heroes, and what social functions do they serve? In this course we will examine representations of monsters and heroes in a selection of English literature from Beowulf to Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, searching for answers to these and other questions.

Instructor:A. James                Email:Anne.James@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-L06     CRN: 11037   Time:11:30-12:20            Days:  MWF


The Road to Middle-Earth

J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the great writers of the 20th century, and his works are among the greatest achievements in fantasy fiction.This course will discuss The Lord of the Rings, a text that is familiar to many students due to its incredible cultural impact, as well as a number of shorter writings by Tolkien. By exploring many of the various influences and contexts that shape Tolkien's fantasy, this course seeks to deepen students' understanding of the complex and dynamic relationship between fantasy and reality in Tolkien's fiction and in fiction generally.

Instructor:J. LaCoste             Email: Jed.LaCoste@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-L08     CRN: 11039   Time:12:30-1:20              Days:  MWF

ENGL 110-L12     CRN:11043    Time: 7:00-9:45                Days: W


Murder 101

We'll begin by sharpening our deductive reasoning skills against those of legendary detectives Sherlock Holmes and C. AugusteDupin. Leaving the amateurs in their armchairs, we'll track PIs Sam Spade andPhilip Marlowe through the "mean streets" of 1920s San Francisco and LosAngeles. The police will get involved when detective inspectors John Rebus andKurt Wallander fight crime in urban Scotland and rural Sweden. As we analyse the development of the detective story from Poe to the police procedural, we'll also take the mystery out of writing a research paper.

Instructor: A.James                            Email: Anne.James@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-L10                 CRN: 11041             Time: 1:30-2:20                 Days:  MWF


The 21st Century Dystopia– Web Delivered

Even a brief glance at the books, films, graphic novels, and art we admire today confirms the presence of a shadow on the contemporary imagination.  Despite so much incandescent optimism in and about our age—soaring at last above the stark, war-torn, gloomy wasteland of the twentieth century, and toward the majestic frontier of social and technological utopia—we seem at the same time preoccupied with the dark dystopian narratives so widely identified with the last century: stories of chaos, tyranny, decay and disorder.  Through a study of three works of literary fiction and a film screened in class, we will attempt to make sense of this contemporary fascination with the dystopia(literally, a "bad place," or what M. H. Abrams calls "a very unpleasant imaginary world"), and to define the "21st-century dystopia" by uncovering the ways in which the contemporary imagination has adapted and shaped the genre.

Instructor: C. Melhoff    Ph:  585-4432           Email: craig.melhoff@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-397    CRN: 11020    Time:Web   Day: Web



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Instructor: J. Archibald-Barber

ENGL 110-S01/S02    CRN:  10444/10445    Time: 2:30-3:45     Days: TR

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Instructor: L. Dubois

ENGL 110-S04/S05    CRN:  11046/13067   Time:10:30-11:20    Days: MWF

EVENING COURSES

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ENGL 110-991    CRN: 11021    Time:  7:00-9:45         Days: R


Road to Middle Earth

J.R.R.Tolkien is one of the great writers of the twentieth century, and his works are among the great achievements in modern fantasy fiction. This course examinesTolkien's The Lord of the Rings through a variety of lenses, exploring many of the various influences and contexts that shape Tolkien's fantasy. This course will deepen students' understanding of the complex and dynamic relationship between fantasy and reality in Tolkien's fiction and explain howTolkien's works, and fantasy fiction generally, can offer escape to readers while at the same time reflecting and speaking to the real world and to realworld issues in a meaningful and enduring way.

Instructor: J. LaCoste                         Email: Jed. LaCoste@uregina.ca

ENGL 110-L12    CRN:  11043    Time: 7:00-9:45     Days: W