Fall 2014 ENGLISH 110 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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%.

ENGL 110-001     CRN: 31158  Time: 10:00-11:15 Days: WF

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

Irish Fiction

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 110-002     CRN: 31159    Time:12:30-1:20      Days:  MWF

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ENGL 110-003      CRN: 31160     Time: 2:30-3:20   Days:MWF

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Reading Paris- WEB DELIVERED

This course explores and attempts to account for the cultural myth of the great city of Paris. As Ian Littlewood writes in Paris: A Literary Companion, "Paris comes to us second-hand. Our imagination has been there first, worked upon by the imagination of others. It is through the filter of their memories, desires, dreams, descriptions, lies, [and] gossip that we experience the city" (1). In our study of works of literary fiction, poetry, film and memoir set in and concerned with life in the City of Light, we will examine these memories, desires, dreams and descriptions, and clarify the past and present role of the city of Paris in shaping our notions of literature, culture, romance, art and life.

ENGL 110-397     CRN: 32639  Time: WEB DELIVERED

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

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ENGL 110-C01/C02     CRN: 31162/31163   Time:1:00-2:15      Days:  TR

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ENGL 110-C03/C04    CRN: 31164/31165   Time:10:00-11:15      Days:  TR

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American Classics

In this class we will venture into three classic 20th-century American novels--The Great Gatsby, Catcher in the Rye, and On the Road--to see what they have to say to us more than a half-century later. Venture will become adventure, as we respond to and engage with the writing in these novels in various ways, including using them as language labs for study of everything from punctuation to themes. Formal assignments will include three essays, building on your existing knowledge of formal essay structure and content. 

ENGL 110-L01    CRN: 31166   Time:11:30-12:20      Days:  MWF

Instructor:   G. Hill                               Email: gerry.hill@uregina.ca

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ENGL 110-L02    CRN: 31167   Time: 7:00-9:45 pm      Days:  R

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ENGL 110-S01/S02    CRN: 31168/31169   Time: 12:30-1:20      Days:  MWF

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