2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

i,208 ENGLISH AND CULTURAL . STUDIESENGLISH 3AA3 JHEORI,ES OF GENDER AND SEXUALITYThis course explores, a range oftheories of gender and sexuality~yworking, through readings from the intersecting fields of feminist,queer;and masculinitY.studies." "Three hours; one term ' ,Prerequisite: Registration in a program.inComparative Literature, English,Women's Studies, or permission of the Departmental CQunseliorGross-list: COMP LIT 3AA3, CSCT 3AA3, WOMEN ST 3HH3ENGLISH 3BB3 THE CYBORG IN FICTIONAND CRITICAL THEORYA study of selected works of speculative fiction and critical theory explor~ing a crucial site of the intersection of culture, science, ,and technology., Three hO!Jrs; one term 'Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above.,. Cross-list:, CSCT 3BB3 ,.Not open to students with credit in ENGLISH 3113, TOPICS IN PROSE,if the topic ' was, The, Cyborg in Fiction and Critical Theory.,ENGLlSH,3C06 MEDIEVALUTERATURE INENGLAND,1200-1500Middle English literature .in a rang!3 of genr~s; such as romance, lyric andchronicle, will be studied in the context ot'medieval English culture. "Three. hours;, two terms ' ,. Prerequisite: Registration in a program ip English or, permission of theDepartmental Couns~lIor ! 'ENGLISH 3'CC3 READING FILMA critical examination ,ofs,elected films and film genres as cultural texts,USing meth,ods drawn from film theory and cultural studies.,Three hours, plus~ one weekly film screening; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Levelll'or above o1.a program in Art History,Communication StUdies, Comparative Literature, English or Theatre &Film Studies. It is recommended that students s!1o~ld already have com- ,pleted DRAMA 2XQ6 or THTR&FLM 2F03. . , 'Cross~list: CMST 3CC3, CQMPLIT 3L03, CSCT 3CC3; THTR&FLM3R03(formerly DRAMA3H03) ,ENGLISH 3003 SCIENCE FICTION " '.An examination of a number of standard science fiction tropes such as, time travel, lost worlds, utopia/dystopia, totalitarian societies,alien races,and' post holocaust soqieties.Three ,lectures; one termPr~requisite: Registration in Leve,1 II orabove~'Cross.:list: CSCT 3D03Not open to students with credit in ENGLISH 3//3, TOPICS IN PROSE,if the topic was Science Fiction.'ENGLISH 3003 CONTEMpORARY CANADIAN DRAMA, A coiJrseori current Canadiap drama fOCUsing, on Canadian dilemmas,, readings of international politics; philosophical questions, innovation instaging, and performance histories. 'Three, lectures; one'termPrerequisite: Registration in Level II or above ,Not open fa students with credit in ENGLISH 3XX3, TOPICS IN DRAMA, ,if the topic ,was Contemporary Cana,dian Drama.ENGLISH 3E03 'f WOMEN POETS OF THE ,TWENTIETH CENTURY, .A consideration of the. distinctive' contribution that women have made tothe evolution cif poetic invention, theme and form in the twentieth centurY.Three lectures; one term . "Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above , 'NOt open to students with credit in ENGLISH 3HH3: TOPICS IN PO- 'ETRY, ifthe topic was Women Poets ofthe Twentieth Century.. ENGLISH 3EE3 AFRICAN AMERICAN FICTIONA study of selected fiction by African American writers published since 1900,,considered in the context of African' American history'and literary tradition.\ Three lectures; one term .'Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or aboveCross'-list: CSCT3EE3, "Not open to students, with c;redit in ENGLISH 3//3: TOPICS IN PROSE, 'if the topic was African American Fiction.ENGLISH 3G06 . STUDIES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURYBRITISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE', A study bf English literature during the period 1660-1800, with special" attention to works by Dryden,Swift,Pope and Johnson.' 'Three hours; two terms _ . - , 'Prerequisite: Registration ,in'a program in English or permission of theD~partmental CounsellorENGLISH 3H03 JANE AUSTEN , " ,A critical evaluation of aselectiori of Jane Austen's work with a focus onexploring late eighteenth- 'and early nineteenth-century British culture.Three lectures; one term ' ' ,, ,Prerequisite: Registration in Level II or above " 'Not open to students with credit in ENGLISH 3//3, TOPICS IN PROSE,'if the· topic was 'Jane Austen. ' . ~ ,ENGLISH 3106 THEAG,E OF ELIZABETH IA consideration of this fumu!tuous age; ,galvanized by revolutions inexploration, religion,and selfhood, and ruled by a female monarch. Authorsinclude Spenser, Sidney and women. writers. ,Three' hours; two terms'Prerequisite: Registration ina pr,ograml~ Comparative,Literature, Englishor permission of the Departmental Counsellor'Cros~-list:COMP LlT3J06, ' , 'ENGLISH 3J06 ENGLlSt.fHISTORICAL ANDDESCRIPTIVE LINGUISTICSA study of the origins and evol,ution of English followed by approachessuch. as language universals, generative gra:mmar and sociolinguistics;Three hours; ,two terms " , ,Prerequisite:. Registration' in, a program, in' English or permission of the"Departmental CounsellorAntirequisite: LINGUIST 1 A03, 1 A~6, tAA3ENGLISH 3K06 ' SHAKESPEAREAn extensive critical -reading and discussion of selected plays.Three hours; two terms ,Prerequisite: Registration in a program in English or permission dftheDepartmental Counsellor' , ,ENGLlS,H 3L06 THE EARLIEST ENGLISHLANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ,Old English language'and literature will bestudied in the context of Anglo-Saxon culture, translation th'eory and practice.'Three hours; two terms' ,Prerequisite: Registration ina program in English or permission of the,Departmental Gounsellor ' ,ENGLISH 3M06STUDIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURYBRITISH LITERATURE AND CULTUREA study 'of selected texts, genres; and issues of Nineteenth-Century Brit-':ish Literature, including reference to relevant social and political conteXts.Three hours;tvito terms,Prerequisite: Registration ,in a program in English or permission of theDepartmental Counsellor ' ,ENGLISH 3N06 THE BRITISH NOVELThis course will trace the history of English fiction, to the 20th centuryand will focus on the varieties of narrative forms, while also exploringthe intellectual, cultural and psychological contexts of. fiction.; ,Three hours; two terms'Prerequisite: ,Registration in a program in English or permission of theDepartmental Counsellor ," , . , ' ' ,ENGLlSH3Q03 THE HISTORY OF CRITICAL THEORY ,A survey of the main developments in critical theory from Plato to the e'ndof the 19th century. Areas of investigation may include: art, aesthetics,civil society, representation" ethics, and knowledge., Three hours; one term; , , ,Prerequisite: R~gistration in a program inComparative'Literature, E;nglishor permissic?n of the Departmental Counsellor'Cros~-list: COMP LIT 3003, CSCT 3003ENGLISH 3QQ3 CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THEORYThis course examines'selected issues .in contemporary critical ,theory;Areas of investigation may include: representation, power/knowledge,discourse, subjectivity, and the body.'Three hours; one term 'Pre~equisite: Registration in a program in Comparative Literature, Englishor permission of the Departmental Counsellor'. COMP LIT 3003, CSCT3003"or ENGLISH 3003 is recommended.'Cross-list: COMP LIT 3003, CSCT 3003 /ENGLlSH3R06" , I, POSTCOLONIAL CULTURES:THEORY AND PRACTICEA study of contemporary texts including Iit~rature,film, art a'1d other forms. of popular culture that engage the implications of living, in a postcqlonialworld. Closeconsid~ration will be given to issues of imperialism, globalization,race, gender, ethnicity, nation, language and'representation.Three hours; two terms , . ' 'Prerequisite: Registration ,in a program in Comparative Literature, English,, Peace Studies, or permission of the Departmental Counsellor. 'Cross~list: COMP LIT 3R06,CSCT 3R06" PEACE ST 3E06