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Action undertaken by the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, at its
Meeting of November 10, 1986, gives rise to the following motion:
MOTION:
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in
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the proposed changes
in the Department of English:
M.A. Program
Delete: Course Selection
Students who have good honors degrees as undergraduates
with course-work distributed over the main areas of English
Literature and language will be allowed a fairly free choice
in their graduate courses. Those with major gaps In their
undergraduate training will be required to take either some
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of the graduate courses in those areas, or undergraduate
courses in those areas, in addition to their normal require-
ments of graduate courses.
If such make-up requires one full semester or more of under-
graduate study, the students may enrol on a qualifying basis
only. On the satisfactory completion of such work, the student
may request clear admission to the Graduate Program.
Programs
The department's M.A. programs are intended to serve graduate
students in several ways. It is hoped that they will develop
critical acumen and mature habits of reasoning about literary
problems and texts, familiarize themselves with as broad a
spectrum of literary types and periods as is reasonable within
the program chosen, and acquire special knowledge and competence
of expression in the field/fields to which the thesis or group
of essays relates. Within these general aims, the students may
elect one of two options within the department, depending on
what kind of emphasis in training and experience Is desired.
Each program is designed to be complete in itself, or lead to
further graduate study.
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The M.A. program in English is designed to develop scholars
with a critical and comprehensive awareness of English Studies.
While offering students the opportunity of specializing in one
of the various areas of strength in the department, the program
requires them to ground their interest in a wide and flexible
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understanding of literary history and the possibilities of
study.
Admission into the program requires a good background in
literatures in English. A student whose preparation shows
deficiency will be required to make it up before admission.
The program may be completed in two ways: In Option A students
take four courses, write a thesis of about 100 pages and defend
it in an oral examination, while In Option B they take
six courses
(thirty semester hours) and submit two extended essays for an
oral examination. Students in either option may have one course
as an individually supervised study to pursue a special interest
or satisfy a need.
Option B allows students who do not need to pursue research beyond
this program to broaden their understanding of literature and scholar-
ship. While this in no way closes the avenue to a profession in
research, it offers to people in other professions the opportunity
of cultivating a serious interest in literature.
Students may enrol for one or two courses per semester. It is
expected that students also working as teaching assistants will
complete the program in six semesters of study. For further
details about departmental requirements consult the departmental
handbook.
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B. General Program
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Students wishing to write a thesis must submit a prospectus and
a bibliography of about 5-10 pages in all; they are advised to
do so before the completion of their course work and in no case
later than the semester following completion of their course
work... The student's proposal will be considered in oral exam-
ination by the supervisory committee together with a member of
the Graduate Program Committee. The purpose of this exam is to
determine the feasibility of the thesis topic and to ascertain
the student's command of the subject. Students must have the
approval of this committee before proceeding further with the
thesis. Students on the five-course program will not be subject
to this examination, but nevertheless shall be required to defend
the papers they have submitted in lieu of a thesis, in conformity
with 10.1 of the General Regulations.
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Students who choose the thesis option must submit a proposal and
be examined on it by the Supervisory Committee no later than one
semester following the completion of course work. Students may
proceed with their thesis only after .the approval of the Super-
visory Committee and the Graduate Program Committee.
Students in the non-thesis option will be exempt from this procedure
but shall defend their extended essays In conformity with 10.1 of
the General Regulations.
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Ph.D. Program
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For admission requirements refer to the General Regulations
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section. In addition, the English Department requires that
the applicant must have earned an M.A. degree or its equivalent,
with high standing in English or Comparative Literature. It
should be noted that the program is strictly limited to a quota
of 15 candidates at any one time; and further, that the Department
must be satisfied that it!sfully competent, with respect both to
available faculty and to available source material, to service the
principal academic interests of each candidate in the program.
Consequently, all candidates will be expected to describe their
study plans in detail, and if possible, make themselves available
for personal intervlewwjtha representative of the department.
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The Ph.D. program in English assumes in the student a background
in English or Comparative Literature equivalent to our M.A.; this
is the condition of admission to the program. The student is re-
quired to do a minimum amount of coursework to fill any gaps or
satisfy any needs. The major emphasis of the program Is on
personal supervision in one primary and one secondary area and
the production of a doctoral thesis. The program is designed to
encourage innovative studies. All applicants are expected to
describe their study plans in detail.
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Program of Study
The program requires concentration in one major area of literature
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and three minor areas, provides continuous personal instruction
and supervision, demands no course credits as such, and involves
completion of a thoroughly researched doctoral thesis. When the
student has been accepted, the department's Graduate Program
Committee assigns a temporary faculty advisor to assist in relating
the student's academic interests to the resources of the university.
Within one month of the student's first registration in the program,
the same Committee assigns a Senior Supervisor. Together the Senior
Supervisor and the student will begin the course of studies designed
to prepare the student in the chosen areas for the examinations
detailed below, and for the definition of a thesis topic. Before
the end of the second semester, the department's Graduate Program
Committee assigns a Supervisory Committee consisting of at least
two of the department's faculty members in addition to the Senior
Supervisor. The student's progress is appraised at the end of each
semester.
At least one of the student's four areas should include the study
of a substantial number of works written before 1800. Any of the
traditional specializations (such as Medieval Literature, the
Renaissance, and the Novel) and less traditional studies, including
various interdisciplinary combinations are generally acceptable If
within the University's current competence. If writings in French
or a foreign language are a necessary part of any of the designated
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areas of study, the student must achieve competence in that language
to the satisfaction of the Supervisory Committee. Otherwise, the
program has no requirements for a second language.
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The student will normally receive instruction individually but
may voluntarily take regular courses and may sometimes be re-
quired by the Supervisory Committee, subject to the approval of
the department's Graduate Program Committee, to take one or more
courses scheduled by the Department of English or by other depart-
ments. The student must take individual instruction from at least
three faculty members in addition to the senior supervisor.
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Course Work
Students must complete two courses by the end of their fourth
semester. Their choice of courses will be directed by their
Senior Supervisor in consultation with the Graduate Program
Committee.
Primary Field of Study
The primary field is an area encompassing the projected thesis. It
may be defined generically, historically, or methodologically, or by
a combination of these. It should be broad enough to provide an
adequate context for the projected thesis and focussed enough to be
useful as a context for a research project.
The definition of the field, the rationale for its organization,
and the literature to be included In it must be prepared by students
in co-operation with their Supervisory Committee and submitted to
the Graduate Program Committee for approval.
Students should finish this study and be examined in It by the end
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Secondary Field of Study
The secondary field may have some Indirect connection with the
thesis or be a quite independent area that the student wishes to
study in depth. This field may be narrower in scope than the
primary area and may be covered by the work of a single author of
major importance. A proposal and a reading list must be drawn up
by the student in consultation with a supervisor chosen for this
area and submitted to the .Graduate.Program Committee for approval.
Work in this area should be completed by'the student's third semester.
Requirements for the secondary field of 6tudy may be satisfied by
taking two additional graduate courses.
Supervision
A student will be accepted in the Ph.D. program only if a faculty
member is willing to supervise her/his studies. Upon the student's
admission, the faculty member will be assigned by the GPC as her/his
Senior Supervisor. Before the end of the student's second semester,
the Graduate Program Committee will set up the student's Supervisory
Committee, consisting of the Senior Supervisor, and two other faculty
members with competence in the student's primary field. ?
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The Senior Supervisor is responsible for directing the student's
choice of courses, helping the student to organize her/his fields
of study, suggesting faculty members who might supervise the
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secondary field, monitoring the student's progress, and conducting
the supervision and examination of the primary field.
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Before the end of the sixth semester the student must take four
written examinations, at least one of these by the end of the third
semester. The major and at least one minor area must be examined
formally. One of the three minor field examinations must be written
as an essay on a topic chosen in consultation with the examiners
and the Senior Supervisor; a second minor field may be examined
with an essay, by agreement of the examiners and the Supervisor.
Works of literature and scholarship on which the examination is
centered must be specified by the Senior Supervisor six months in
advance of any examination, unless the student waives this require-
ment. Within two weeks from the date on which each formal or essay
examination is passed, the student is examined orally in the area
covered by the examination. In cases where the mark has been de-
ferred until the oral examination, the latter will be chaired by
the Graduate Program Chairman or his/her deputy. Should the student
fail any part of either the written or the oral examination, the
Graduate Program Committee may give permission for re-examination
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that part no later than one semester after the failure.
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Examinations
The examination in the secondary field should be taken before the
end of the student's third semester. The examination will be con-
ducted by the supervisor for the field and another examiner proposed
by the supervisor and approved by the Graduate Program Committee.
The examination may take one of two forms:
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(a) a paper on an assigned
topic to be completed within ten weeks of the assignment, or (b) a
paper on a topic proposed by the student and accepted by the super-
visor. Both examiners will read the paper and submit a report to
the Graduate Program Committee.
The examination in the primary field should be taken before the end
of the student's sixth semester. It will be conducted by the Senior
Supervisor and another examiner proposed by her/him and approved by
the Graduate Program Committee. It will be in the form of questions
set by the examiners and answered by the student within a limited
period of time, normally a week. Variations to this may be permitted
by the Graduate Program Committee if the examiners are persuaded
that they need a special format.
Oral Examinations
After each examination (including essays) the student must meet with
the examiners and Senior Supervisor to discuss the exam within two
weeks after the exam has been marked. Depending on the results of
the written exam, the oral may be a relatively brief, informal dis-
cussion, or a more formal examination, particularly when the mark
has been deferred until the oral (failed written exams will not
normally be followed by an oral). In cases where the mark has been
deferred, the oral exam will be chaired by the Graduate Program Chair
or her/his deputy.
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Ph.D. Thesis
Before the end of the semester following that in which the oral
examination has been passed, the student presents a prospectus
for the thesis, defining and demonstrating the relationship between
it and existing scholarship. The presentation is attended by the
Supervisory Committee, by a member of the Department's Graduate
program Committee, and, if practicable, by the External Examiner.
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Thesis
Prior to undertaking the thesis, students must submit a prospectus
and a bibliography of about 5-10 pages in all. The proposal will
be considered in an oral examination by the Supervisory Committee
together with a member of the Graduate Program Committee. The
purpose of this exam is to determine the feasibility of the thesis
topic and to ascertain the student's command of the subject. Students
must have the approval of this committee before proceeding further
with their thesis.
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Rationale for these changes is attached.
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B.P. Clayman
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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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The enclosed proposals are the product of a lengthy review of our graduate
program. It has.been increasingly felt by members of our department that our
graduate program, though basically sound, was in need of revision. The main
problem with the program was felt to be a lack of sufficient structure. While
the original concept of a small program emphasizing personal supervision and
maintaining a good deal of flexibility was good, in practice there were problems
with the supervisory process and the time taken by students to complete their studies.
On the one hand low enrolment made it difficult to offer a sufficient number of
courses, which in turn further promoted the centrifugal tendency. On the other
hand students in the M.A. program needed an option which emphasized course work
rather than research.
Within thePh.D. program too, it seemed desirable to introduce course work.
The design of our program was largely responsible for the fact that our students
were taking far too long before they.could even begin research on their dis-
sertation. Also, it was becoming obvious that some students would benefit from
course work.
The curriculum needed revision for two reasons: firstly because changes in
the discipline over the last twenty years required a modification of the
traditional linear organization we had followed, and secondly because
in
practice
the existing curriculum had led to what often appeared to be random, discrete, and
over-specialized courses.
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The Faculty of Arts Graduate Studies Committee at its meeting of
October 15, 1986 recommended changes to the graduate program in
the Department of English as outlined in the attached.
Would you please place this item on the agenda of the next meeting
of Senate Graduate Studies Committee.
Thank you.
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The following excerpt shall not change:
M.A. PROGRAM
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Admission (Boldface)
In addition to the requirements listed in the GeJleILa..t ReguJa;tiori4 Section,
the department requires evidence of ability in academic writing, in the form of
at least two substantial literary essays which are scholarly in format and
approach. The papers submitted may be undergraduate essays previously prepared,
or ones specially written for this purpose.
REPLACE THE FOLLOWING:
Course Selection (Boldface)
Students who have good honors degrees as undergraduates with course-wryrk
distributed over the main areas of English literature and language will be allowed
a fairly free choice in their graduate courses. Those with major gaps in their
undergraduate training will be required to take either some of the graduate courses
in those areas, or undergraduate courses in those areas, in addition to their normal
requirements of graduate courses.
If such make-up requires one full semester or more of undergraduate study, the
students may enrol on a qualifying basis only. On the satisfactory completion of
such work, the student may request clear admission to the Graduate Program.
Programs ?
(Boldface)
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The departments M.A. programs are intended to serve graduate students in
several ways. It is hoped that they will develop critical acumen and mature habits
of reasoning about literary problems and texts, familiarize themselves with as
broad a spectrum of literary types and periods as is reasonable within the program
chosen, and acquire special knowledge and competence of expression in the field/
fields to which the thesis or group of essays relates. Within these general aims,
the student may elect one of two options within the department, depending on what
kind of emphasis in training and experience is desired. Each program is designed
to be complete in itself, or lead to further graduate study.
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Programs ?
(Boldface)
The M.A. program in English is designed to develop scholars with a critical
and comprehensive awareness of English Studies. While offering students the
opportunity of specializing in one of the various areas of strength in the
department, the program requires them to ground their interest in a wide and
flexible understanding of literary history and the possibilities of study.
Admission into the program requires a good background in literatures in English.
A student whose prepration shows deficiency will be required to make it up before
admission.
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continued:
M. A.
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Programs (continued)
The program may be completed in two ways: In Option A students take four
courses, write a thesis of about 100 pages, and defend it in an oral examination,
while in Option B they take six courses and submit two extended essays for an
oral examination. Students in either option may have one course as an individually
supervised study to pursue a special interest or satisfy a need.
Option B allows students who do not need to pursue research beyond this program
to broaden their understanding of literature and scholarship. While this in no
way closes the avenue to a profession in research, it offers to people in other
professions the opportunity of cultivating a serious interest in literature.
Students may enrol for one or two courses per semester. It is expected that
students also working as teaching assistants will complete the program in six
semesters of study. For further details about departmental requirements consult
departmental handbook.
The following section shall not change:
The department recognizes the special needs of persons already working who
may wish to improve their qualifications. Some graduate courses will regularly
be offered at night, and part-time students are permitted (though university
regulations require that all M.A. students must complete their work within five
calendar years of their first enrolment).
RATIONALE:
These changes explain our program with greater clarity in fewer words.
There are three changes of some significance:
i.
The length of the thesis is specified as about 100 pages which is clearer than
the calendar entry and meant to indicate to both student and supervisor the limit
of expectation from the theses.
ii.
The non-thesis option increases course requirement from 5 to 6 while simplify-
ing the extended essays. At present our practice regarding these options is a bit
confused and leads to unnecessary stress on the student. The course-work option
is particularly important at present because many students do not need to pursue
research beyond M.A. but want to extend their knowledge of literature for pleasure
and enrichment. Given the limited possibility within the profession at the present
time, we should encourage this,
iii.
At present we do not indicate to students any departmental expectations
regarding the duration of the program. This sometimes leads to drift and a less
than desirable rate of progress. Six active semesters seem to us a reasonable
period for the program.
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DELETE THE FOLLOWING:
A. Thesis Program
A minimum of 20 semester hours of graduate seminars is required in addition
to a thesis. By permission of the Chairman of the Graduate Program Committee, one
directed reading course may be substituted for a seminar. Reading courses should
be used only to follow special interests not available through formal course work
during the student's residence. The emphasis of this program falls upon the
preparation for and execution of a high quality M.A. thesis amounting to a study
in depth. The thesis is an introduction to advanced criticism and research in
the humanities; it need not be an exhaustive treatment of the subject. The normal
length of a thesis will be 60-120 pages.
B. General Program
Twenty-five semester hours of graduate seminars are required. By permission
of the Chairman of the Graduate Program Committee, one directed reading course may
be substituted for a seminar. Reading courses should be used only to follow special
interests not available through formal course work during the student's residence.
In addition, the student must submit two extended essays, of normally 25-40 pages
each. Extended essays are defined as scholarly papers that meet the same standards
of excellence as a thesis, they will be examined in the same way as a thesis,
prepared in the same format, bound, and placed in the Library. The aim of th1s
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progra' is to develop a breadth of knowledge and competence over several areas
of study.
RATIONALE:
Information contained in this section has been incorporated in the preceding
"Program" section. Advisory details have been moved
to
the departmental
handbook.
The following section shall not change:
Interdisciplinary Studies
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(Boldface)
In addition to the M.A. program described here, the University offers
degree programs to' exceptionally able applicants whose proposed course of
studies cannot be carried out in any existing program. Students interested
in pursuing an M.A. may wish to submit a proposal for Special Arrangements
through the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies (see Section' 1.3.4. under
Spc2 Avutvigement ).
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The following section shall not change:
Examinations
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(Boldface)
While the
GeneAAt Regutation6
set the minimum Cumulative Grade Point
Average necessary for continuance at 3.0, the English Department regards
any course grade below B to be unsatisfactory and expects its students
to achieve an average above the minimum. Any student whose progress is
deemed unsatisfactory may be asked to withdraw under section 8.3 of the
Geneitol RaguLa-tcioi't.s.
REPLACE THE FOLLOWING:
Students wishing to write a thesis must submit a prospectus and a
bibliography of aboUt 5-10 pages in all; they are advised to do so before
the completion of their course work and in no case later than the semester follow-
ing completion of course work. The student's proposal will be considered in
oral examination by the supervisory committee together with a member of the
Graduate Program Committee. The purpose of this exam is to determine the feas-
ibility of the thesis topic and to ascertain the student's command of the
subject. Students must have the approval of this committee before proceeding
further with the thesis. Students on the five-course program will not be subject
to this examination, but nevertheless shall be required to defend the papers
they have submitted in lieu of a thesis, in conformity with 10.1 of the
Ga'ieiwi Rag uLa-tLori4.
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Studentswho choose the thesis option must submit a proposal and be examined
on it by the Supervisory Committee no later than one semester following the
completion of course work. Students may proceed with their thesis only after
the approval of the Supervisory Committee and the Graduate Program Committee.
Students in the non-thesis option will be exempt from this procedure but
shall defend their extended essays in conformity with 10.1 of the
Ganan.al Ragw&tt.Lot.
RATIONALE:
Restatement with intent to simplification and compatability with change of non-
thesis requirement to six courses.
The following section shall not change:
Language Requirement
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(Boldface)
All students registered in the M.A. program will be required to demonstrate
a reading ability in one language other than English that is acceptable to the
student's supervisory committee. Ability will be determined by a time-limited
examination consisting of the translation of a passage of literature or criticism
in the particular language. A dictionary will be permitted. It is possible to
waive this requirement only with the permission of the Graduate Program Committee.
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics offers courses
to help graduate students meet language requirements.
For further information and regulations, refer to the
Garu?JiaL RaguLa.-tLon4
Proposed changes to the Ph.D. Program in English
PH.D. PROGRAM (Boldface, large type)
REPLACE THE FOLLOWING:
For admission requirements refer to the General Regulations section. In
addition, the English Department requires that the applicant must have earned
an M.A. degree or its equivalent, withhigh standing in English or Comparative
Literature. It should be noted that the program is strictly limited to a
quota of 15 candidates at any one time; and further, that the Department must
be satisfied that it is fully competent, with respect both to available faculty
and to available source material, to serve the principal academic interests of
each candidate in the program. Consequently, all candidates will be expected
to describe their study plans in detail, and if possible, make themselves
available for personal interview with a representative of the department.
WITH:
The Ph.D. program in English assumes in the student a background in English
or Comparative Literature equivalent to our M.A.; this is the condition of
admission to the program. The student is required to do a minimum amount of
coursework to fill any gaps or satisfy any needs. The major emphasis of the
program is on personal supervision in one primary and one secondary area and
the production of a doctoral thesis. The program is designed to encourage
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innovative studies. All applicants are expected to describe their study plans
in detail.
The program should be completed in 9-12 semesters though the university
provides an outside limit of eight years.
RATIONALE:
(1) The concept of 'high standing' has proved difficult to work with and
is being changed to 'equivalent to our M.A.,' which is more pertinent as a
base for Ph.D. in our department. (2) It is unnecessary to state how many
students will be admitted since the size of the program is necessarily limited
by the resources of the department. The re1tion between departmental resources
and admission is recorded under Supervision.. (3) A suggested term for the program
is being introduced to make it more compatible with practice across the university.
REPLACE THE FOLLOWING:
Program of Study
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(Boldface)
The program requires concentration in one major area of literature and
three minor areas, provides continuous personal instruction and supervision,
demands no course credits as such, and involves completion of a thoroughly
researched doctoral thesis. When the student has been accepted, the department's
Graduate Program Committee assigns a temporary faculty advisor to assist in
relating the student's academic interests to the resources of the university.
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Ph. D.
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Within one month of the student's first registration in the program, the same
Committee assigns a Senior Supervisor. Together the Senior Supervisor and
the student will begin the course of studies designed to prepare the student in
the chosen areas for the examinations detailed below, and for the definition of
a thesis topic. Before the end of the second semester, the department's
Graduate Program Committee assigns a Supervisory Committee consisting of at least
two of the department's faculty members in addition to the Senior Supervisor.
The student's progress is appraised at the end of each semester.
At least one of the student's four areas should include the study of a sub-
stantial
(such as Medieval
number of
Literature,
works written
the
before
Renaissance,
1800.
and
Any
the
of the
Novel)
traditional
and less traditional
sp ecializations
studies, including various
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terdisciplinary combinations are generally acceptable
if within the University's current competence. If writings in French or a foreign
language are a necessary part of any of the designated areas of study, the student
must achieve competence in that language to the satisfaction of the Supervisory
Committee. Otherwise, the program has no requirements for a second language.
The student will normally receive instruction individually but may voluntarily
take regular courses and may sometimes be required by the Supervisory Committee,
subject to the approval of the departments Graduate Program Committee, to take
one or more courses scheduled by the Department of English or by other departments.
The student must take individual instruction from at least three faculty members
in addition to the senior superviosr.
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Course Work
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(Boldface)
Students must complete two courses by
Their choice of courses will be directed by
with the Graduate Program Committee.
the end of their fourth semester.
their Senior Supervisor in consultation
Primary Field of Study (Boldface)
The primary field is an area encompassing the projected thesis. It may
be defined generically, historically, or methodologically, or by a combination
of these. It should be broad enough to provide an adequate context for the
projected thesis and focussed enough to be useful as a context for a research
project.
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Ph. D.
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The definition of the field, the rationale for its organization, and
the literature to be included in it must be prepared by students in co-
operation with their Supervisory Committee and submitted to the Graduate
Program Committee for approval.
Students should finish this study and be examined in it by the end of
their sixth semester.
Secondary Field of Study
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(Boldface)
The secondary field may have some indirect connection with the thesis or
be a quite independent area that the stude,t wishes to study in depth. This
field may be narrower in scope than the primary area and may be covered by
the work of a single author of major importance. A proposal and a reading
list must be drawn upby the student in consultation with a supervisor chosen
for this area and submitted to the Graduate Program Committee for approval.
Work in this area should be completed by the student's third semester.
Requirements for the secondary field of study may be satisfied by taking
two additional graduate courses.
Supervision ?
(Boldface)
A student will be accepted in the Ph
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D. program only if a faculty member
is willing to supervise her/his studies. Upon the student's admission, the
faculty member will be assigned by the GPC as her/his Senior Supervisor.
Before the end of the student's second semester, the Graduate Program Committee
will set up the student's Supervisory Committee, consisting of the Senior Super-
visor, and two other faculty members with competence in the student's primary
field.
The Senior Supervisor is responsible for directing the student's choice
of courses, helping the student to organize her/his fields of study, suggesting
faculty members who might supervise the secondary field, monitoring the student's
progress, and conducting the supervision and examination of the primary field.
RATIONALE:
The change introduces course work. The exclusive emphasis on supervised?
research in our program has often slowed down the student's progress unnecessarily.
This change should facilitate progress while maintaining the research component
of the student's preparation.
The reference to "works written before 1800" in paragraph 2 of the existing
entry above is unnecessary since we are making equivalence to our M.A. a
condition of admission.
The language requirement is stated separately.
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The following section shall not change:
Interdisciplinary Studies
?
(Boldface)
The Ph.D. program in English is designed not simply to tolerate, but also
to foster studies in areas outside traditionally designated fields. Normally,
such studies may be carried on within the Departments when availability of
staff and resources permit. When this is not possible, or when the applicant
specifically seeks an interdisciplinary degree that includes study in more,
than one department, such a course of study may be worked out through special
arrangements with the Dean of Graduate Studies. (See
Ge.ne..'i..ai Rgu&LtLons).
REPLACE THE FOLLOWING:
Examnatjons
?
(Boldface)
Before the end of the sixth semester the student must take four written
examinations, at least one of these by the end of the third semester.. The
major and at least one minor area must be examined formally. One of the three
minor field examinations must be written as an essay on a topic chosen in
consultation with the examiners and the Senior Supervisor; a second minor
field may be examined with an essay, by agreement of the examiners and the
Supervisor. Works of literature and scholarship on which the examination is
centered must be specified by the Senior Supervisor six months in advance of
any examination, unless the student waives this requirement. Within two weeks
from the date on which each
'
forma.l or essay examination is passed, the
student is examined orally in the area covered by the examination. In cases
where the mark has been deferred until the oral examination, the latter
will be chaired by the Graduate Program Chairman or his/her deputy. Should
the student fail any part of either the written or the oral examination, the
Graduate Program Committee may give permission for re-examination on that part
no later than one semester after the failure.
WITH:
Examinations
?
(Boldface)
The examination in the secondary field should be taken before the end of
the student's third semester. The examination will be conducted by the
supervisor for the field and another examiner proposed by the supervisor and
approved by the Graduate Program Committee. The examination may take one of
two forms: (a) a paper on an assigned topic to be completed within ten weeks
of the assignment, or (b) a paper on a topic proposed by the student and
accepted by the supervisor. Both examiners will read the paper and submit a.
report to the Graduate Program Committee.
The examination in the primary field should be taken before the end of the
student's sixth semester. It will be conducted by the Senior Supervisor and
another examiner proposed by her/him and approved by the Graduate Program
Committee. It will be in the form of questions set by the examiners and
answered by the student within a limited period of time, normally a week.
Variations to this may be permitted by the Graduate Program Committee if the
examiners are persuaded that they need a special format.
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Oral Examinations ?
(Boldface)
After each examination (including essays) the student must meet with the
examiners and Senior Supervisor to discuss the exam within two weeks after the
exam has been marked. Depending on the results of the written exam, the oral
may be a relatively brief, infornal discussion, or a more formal examination,
particularly when the mark has been deferred until the oral (failed written
exams will not normally be followed by an oral). In cases where the mark has
been deferred, the oral exam will be chaired by the Graduate Program Chair or
her/his deputy.
RATIONALE:
The procedures for the examinations have been restated to make them
compatible with the change from four research areas to two.
The following section shall not change:
Language Requirement ?
(Boldface)
All students registered in the Ph.D. program will be required to demonstrate
a reading ability in one language other than English that is acceptable to the
student's Supervisory Committee. Ability will be determined by a time-limited
examination consisting of the translation of a passage of literature or criticism
in the particular language. A dictionary will be permitted. It is possible to
waive this requirement only with the permission of the Graduate Program Committee.
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics offers courses
to help graduate students meet language requirements.
For further information and regulations, refer to the Genaae
Re.gulaLLoru.
Section (1.).
REPLACE THE FOLLOWING:
Ph.D. Thesis ?
(Boldface)
Before the end of the semester following that in which the oral examination
has been passed, the student presents a prospectus for the thesis, defining
and demonstrating the relationship between it and existing scholarship. The
presentation is attended by the Supervisory Committee, by a member of the Depart-
ment's Graduate Program Committee, and, if practicable, by the External Examiner.
WITH:
Thesis
?
(Boldface)
Prior to undertaking the thesis students must submit a prospectus and
a bibliography of about 5-10 pages in all. The proposal will be considered
in a oral examination by the Supervisory Committee together with a member of
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the Graduate Program Committee. The purpose of this exam is to determine the
feasibility of the thesis topic and to ascertain the student's command of the
subject. Students must have the approval of this committee before proceeding
further with their thesis.
RATIONALE:
A clearer restatement of the department's practice. It is not desirable
to involve the External Examiner in the preparation for the thesis.
The following shall not change:
The completed thesis will be defended in oral examination. Judgment
Will be made by an Examining Committee.
For the composition of the Examining Committee and other details governing
the program as a whole, see the
Gene,'wl Ragtt&ttLon.6
section 1.9.4 and
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Proposed changes to Graduate course offerings in English:
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REPLACE THE FOLLOWING:
ENGLISH GRADUATE COURSES (ENGL) (Large Type Boldface)
ENGL
801-5
Studies in
Old English
ENGL 802-5
Studies
in
Middle English
ENGL
803-5
Studies in Tudor Literature
ENGL 804-5
Studies in
Shakespeare
ENGL 805-5
Studies in Seventeenth Century Literature
ENGL
806-5
Studies in
Eighteenth Century Literature
ENGL
807-5
Studies
in
Nineteenth Century Literature
ENGL 808-5
Studies in Twentieth Century Literature
ENGL
809-5 Studies in Canadian Literature
ENGL 810-5 Studies in Literature of the United States
ENGL
811-5 Studies
in
Language
ENGL 812-5
Bibliography
ENGL 813-5 Special Studies
ENGL 814-5 Studies in Literary Theory
ENGL 815-5 Studies
in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy
.
WITH:
ENGL 801-5 THE THEORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM. Explores some of the basic
theoretical problems involved in the reading and interpretation
of literature. May treat, among others, epistemological, inter-
textual, social, historical, semiotic, gender, and psychological
issues.
ENGL 802-5 THEORIES OF LANGUAGE AND WRITING. The study of the discursive and/
or non-discursive (poetic) uses of language. May include theories
and practice of rhetoric and composition.
ENGL 803-5 LITERARY MOVEMENTS AND HISTORICAL PERIODS. Medievalism, The Renaissance,
Metaphysical Poetry, Neo-classicism, Romanticism, Transcendentalism,
Pre-Raphelitism, Modernism and Post-Modernism are examples of possible
topics.
ENGL 804-5 STUDIES IN CANADIAN LITERATURE. In addition to particular movements
and periods in literatures in Canada, may explore relations between
Canadian, Quebec, American, British, or Commonwealth literatures.
ENGL 805-5 THE STUDY OF GENRE. History and theory of the novel, epic, lyric
poetry, comedy, tragedy, satire, the grotesque and autobiography
are among the possible areas of study for this course.
ENGL 806
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APPROACHES TO INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS. May deal with one or more?
authors from a particular theoretical perspective.
Continued:
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Each of these courses will bring a broadly defined concept or approach to
bear
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on
These
a limited
courses
number
will be
of
offered
texts.
?
in a cycle, two each in Fall and Spring and
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one in Summer.
ENGLISH 810 GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR PART I.
Introduction to the tools, process and methods of research.
Required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
ENGLISH 811 GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR PART II
Conclusion of 810. Required. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.
RATIONALE:
The changes reorganize the curriculum to reflect changes in the discipline
which no longer permit the traditional linear organization. Literary history
is, therefore, reduced to one possible mode of ordering. Also the courses
are designed to be offered in a cycle to give the students an assurance that
any course they need will be available at a predictable time.
ENGLISH 810 and 811 introduce a basic course in research methods whose need
has become clearer with time.
The following section shall not change:
ENGL 841-5 Directed Readings A
ENGL 842-5 Directed Readings B
ENGL 843-5 Directed Readings C
ENGL 898
?
M.A. Thesis
ENGL 899
?
Ph.D. Thesis
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do not commit the Library to any expenditures in excess
of those required for normal maintenance of the already
established curriculum.
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Steig, Black, Buitenhuis, De Roo and Messenger have taught and published
extensively in the areas they are scheduled to teach. There are also several
others members of the faculty with established competence to teach in these
areas.
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INFOPJLATION:
Department: ?
English. ?
Course Number: ?
801
Title: ?
Theory of Literary Criticism
Description:
Theortica1_
prnblrns_involved_in_the_readingandinterpretationofliteraturE
Credit Hours:
5
Vector: ?
—Prerequisite(s)
-
if any:
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estimated Enrollment:
?
8 ?
When will the course first be offered:
1987
How often will the course be offered:
At ]east oncein a six semester cycle
JUSTIFICATION:
Part of a total reorganization of the curriculum. See attached explanation.
RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member will normally teach the course: ?
J. Zaslove, P. Delany, C. Banerjee
What are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:
?
no change
Are there sufficient Library resources (a pp
end details): ?
yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b) An indication of the com
p
etence of the Faculty member to give the course.
c)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Committee:________
?
Date:
?
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Faculty Graduate Studies
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mittee:_____________
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Date:
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Faculty:
Senate Graduate Studies Committee:
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Date:
Senate: ?
Date:_______________
English 801: Theory of Literary Criticism
The Canon, the Author, and the Text
Instructor: Chin Banerjee
Recent literary theory has de-stabilized the traditional, "self-evident" foundations
of literary criticism and research. How and why are canons formed? Who or what
is an author? What are the boundaries of a text? Such basic and disturbing
questions have to be confronted and resolved by every serious student of "literature"
today This course will study the most important arguments for "de-centering" and
"de-construction,' and examine their implications for the study and future of
"literature."
Required Texts:
Michel Foucault: ?
Madness and Civilization
The Order of Things
The Archeology of Knowledge
Power/Knowledge
Roland Barthes: ?
Mythologies
S/Z
Jacques Derrida:
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Of Grammatology
Writing and Difference
Harold Bloom:
?
Anxiety of Influence
Map of Misreading
Paul de Man: ?
Allegories of Reading
Geoffrey Hartman: ?
Deconstruction and Criticism
Criticism in the Wilderness
?
-
Stanley Fish:
?
Is there a text in this class?
Elaine Showalter: ?
The New Feminist Criticism
Recommended Texts:
Terry Eagleton: -
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Literary Theory
Frank Lentricchia: After the New Criticism
On Reserve:
Selected works of Heidegger, Nietzsche and Lacan
Course Requirement:
Three seminar presentations and a paper of 25-30 gages.
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CAL ENDAR 1FORAT1ON:
Department: ?
English ?
Course Number: ?
802
Title: ?
Theories of Language and Writing
Description:
Study of discursive and/or non-di
.
scursive (poetic) uses of language.
May include theories and practice of rhetoric and composition.
Credit Hours:
?
5
?
Vector:
?
Prerequisite (s) if any:
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estimated Enrollment:
?
8
?
Then will the course first be offere4:
?
1988
How often will the course be offered:0
e in a 6-semester cycle
JUSTIFICATION:
Part of a total reorganization of the curriculum. See attached explanation.
Thich Faculty member will normally teach the course:
?
Rick Coe
'That are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:
?
no change
Are there sufficient Library resources (aDtend details):
?
yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b)
An indication of the cortrnetence of the Faculty member to give the course.
c)
Library resources
Approved: Departr*ntal Graduate Studies Cornnittee:
Faculty Graduate Studies Cownittee:
?
Uc_ZQ..tL_..
?
D ate:
2OCC'
Faculty:
:::::.dT03te Studies Committee:
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Date:
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English 802: Theories of Language and Writing
Instructor: Richard M. Coe
Although rhetoric is dn important historical and intellectual antecedent of
many other disciplines (including, in the 19th century, of English departments'),
most of those who today study and teach literature and literacy, reading and
writing, speech, communications
'
, linguistics and so forth knew little about
the discipline of rhetoric. This seminar will, therefore, not presume prior
study of rhetoric (though it will presume graduate-level intellectual abilities).
Each student will also be free to choose her or his own emphasis, applying
rhetorical theory to literature, composition, linguistics (pragmatics),
communications, or the history/sociology of literacy.
Rhetoric is the discipline that studies (and the craft that uses) the forms
of verbal suasion. As such, it is the study of form, the study of powerful
language (as 'well as of language and power) of form and style as shapers of
substance. Born as a discipline in Classical Greece, it became the core
discipline of Classical education ("higher education" in that era usually
meant studying with a rhetor); it was also probably the first "communications
theory."
In order to provide a context for the study of modern rhetoric, this seminar
will begin with a brief survey of the history of rhetoric. We will focus on
key concepts that are relevant to modern practitioners of all disciplines
concerned with the power of words. The special status of literature among
verbal media will be explained rhetorically (and elegantly). Literacy will
be examined in historical and social - as well as rhetorical and literary -
contexts. We will use rhetorical theory to gain insights into literacy and
verbal communication in general, literature and composition in particular.
REQUIRED TEXTS:'
Burke, K.
?
A Rhetoric of Motives
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California
Richards, I.A.
?
The Philosophy of Rhetoric
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Oxford
Hill & Wang
Cal i fornia
NCTE
Mythologies
Language as Symbolic Action
A Writing Teacher's Sourcebook
will be on reserve
in
the library.
RECOMMENDED 'TEXTS:
Barthes, R.
Burke, K.
Tate & Corbett
These and other texts
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Seminar participation:
?
15%
Oral seminar report:
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20%
Seminar paper (approx. 5000 words) 65%
NOTE: SeminwLs witt be
hc2d in
the
6iut
week
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Department: ?
English ?
Course Number:
?
803
Title: ?
Literary Movements and Historical Periods
Description:
?
Medievalism, Renaissance Metaphysical Poetry.
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eo-Classicism, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Post-Modernism
Credit Bours:
?
5
?
Vector:
?
Prerequisite (s) if any:_________
ENSOLLENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estir.ted Enrollment:
?
8 ?
when will the course first be offered:
?
1987
Bow often will the course be offered:
At
least once ina6-semestercycle
JUSTIFICATION:
Part of a total reor
g
anization of the curriculum. See attached explanation.
RESOURCES:
Thich Faculty member will normally teach the
___''J..
course:
Curtis, R. Dunham, R.Miki
!'hat are the budgetary irnplications of mounting the course:
nochange
Are there sufficient Library resources (aDDend details):
?
yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b)
An indication of the conDetence of the Faculty member to give the course.
c)
Library resources
.
te:
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Com.iiittee
Faculty Graduate Studies Co ittee:
Date
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Faculty:Z.._...
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Date
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Senate Graduate Studies CorLa1ttee:
?
Date
Engish 803: Literary Movements and Historical Periods
From Sensibility to Romanticism: The Early Wordsworth
Instructor: Jared Curtis
Through a close examination of the texts of Wordsworth's early poems, 1785-1807,
we will study the shifts and continuities in taste, styles, and modes of con-
sciousness from the late 18th-
.
to the early 19th-century, from "sensibility
to romanticsim."
Required Texts:
W. Wordsworth ?
Complete Poems, Vol. 1
? Penguin
On Reserve:
Volumes in the Cornell Wordsworth series through 1807.
We will also be looking at 18th-century poetry, representative poems in the
gothic, ballad, and loco-descriptive modes, for example. Secondary sources
will include works by Basil Willey, John Jordan, Stephen Parrish, Mary
Jacobus, Paul Sheats, Lucy Newlyn, Jonathan Wordsworth andothers. Equal
emphasis will fall in textual, historical and interpretative criticism.
Requirements:
SEveral short presentations and a seminar paper.
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Department: ?
English ?
Course Uwber:
804
Title:
?
Issues
inCan a di
an
tite_t&hre----
Description:
Movements and periods in literatu.re
in
Canada relations
between
Canadian, Quebec, American, British & Commonwealth Literatures.
Credit Hours:
?
5
?
Vector:
?
Prerequisite(s)
if
any: -
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estinated Enrollment:
8
?
Then will the course first be offered:
?
1988
How often will
the course
be
offered:_
At least once ina6-semestercycle
JUSTIFICATION:
Part of a total reorganization of the curriculum. See attached explanation.
RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:
Sandra
Djwa, Kathy Mezei
What are the budgetary iPlications of mounting the course:
nochange
Are there sufficient Library resources (aDDend details):yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b)c)
Library
An indication
resources
of the comoetence of the Faculty member to
give the course.
pproved: Departmental
Graduate Studies Coriittee:
?
raer-
Faculty Graduate Studies Cotmittee:
?
Date:
Faculty:
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English 804: Issues in Canadian Literature
Instructor: Kathy Mezei
One of the most controversial issues in Canadian Literature recently is the
role and function of thematic criticism. What is thematic criticism, its
origins and developments? Who are its proponents and opponents? Is thematic
criticism giving way to more formalist modes such as structuralism and semiotics?
What has been its influence on the canonization of Canadian literature?
Thsi course will examine the significance and evolution of thematic criticism
throygh a discussion of selected primary texts, novels and poetry, and key
critical texts.
Readings:
Criticism:
Northrop Frye
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The Bush Garden
D.G. Jones ?
Butterfly on Rock
Margaret Atwood
?
Survivial
Laurie Ricou
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Horizontal World/Vertical Man
Gaile McGregor ?
The Wacousta Syndrome
Frank Davey
?
Surviving the Paraphrase
Articles from Journals: Line, Tessera, Essays on Canadian Writing, Open Letter.
Novels and Poetry:
Margaret Atwood
?
Oxford Book of Canadian Verse
Dennis Lee
?
The New Canadian Poems
Margaret Laurence The Stone Angel
Howard O'Hagan ?
lay John
Robert Kroetsch ?
Badlands
Margaret Atwood
?
Surfacing
Requirements:
one oral presentation (20%)
one 20 page paper (60%)
class participation (20%)
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Department:
English
?
Course Number: 805
Title: ?
The Study of Genre
Description:
History and
,
theory of literary
g
enres: Tragedy, Comedy, Satire, Romance,
Novel, Grotesque, Autobiography etc.
Credit Hours:
?
_Vector:
Prerequisite(s) if any:
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estinated Enrollment:
?
8 ?
_When will the course first be offered:
?
1987
How often will the course be offered:
?
At least once ina6-semestet- cycle.
JUSTIFICATION:
Partofatotalreorganizationofthecurriculum.Seeattachedexplanation.
._
RESOURCES:
Thich
Faculty mer.ber will normally
teach the course:
M.__
St-ei_;S.Black
'hat
are the budgetary iplications
of mounting the
course:
no change.
Are there sufficient Library resources (aooend details):
?
yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b) An indication of the comoetence of the Faculty member to give the course.
C)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies
Commi7iz
z tm
ate
:ôt
Faculty Graduate Studies Committee:
?
2
Faculty:
?
.
?
_Date:
Senate Graduate Studies
Senate:
English 805: The Study of Genre
Instructor: Michael .Steig
In this course we will explore the grotesque in literature, with examples
from visual art, as a genre or mode which has in recent years often been given
a privileged status (but which certain Victorians were especially interested
in as well). We will read several texts that are sometimes called "grotesque"
or "comic-grotesque," as well as some theoretical and historical studies of
the grotesque. One object will be to try to discover whether there has been
any consistency in discussions of the grotesque, why it has been given so
much attention in the mid to late 20th century, andwhether, ultimately, we
can agree upon the concept's usefulness, or on any objective definition. We
will have to consider the relation of the grotesque to caricature, the gothic,
horror, and the comic.
?
-
The question might be put another way: does "the grotesque" exist, or
have critics created it -- or is it even possible to make that distinction.
And what conditions have been necessary for its being given a privileged
status, as under some conditions "grotesque" has been (and sometimes still is)
a term of opprobrium. For example, is there something about perceptions of
the "real world" that makes the grotesque more acceptable, more relevant, in
certain contexts? As a study of a problematic genre, the course has implica-
tions for other genre study: why do certain genres become privileged in
certain contexts, and what motivates critical debates about the definition of
particular genres. Are tragedy or comedy any more stable as genres than the
grotesque? Is the perception that they are important any less tied to contexts
than the recent (or the Victorian) interest in the grotesque?
Readings:
I. Histories and Theories: Thomas Wright, Ruskin, Freud (on The Uncanny);
Wolfgang Kayser, France Barasch, Lee Jennings, Geoffrey Harpham, Philip
Thomson, Mark Spilka, Michael Steig. (I will require the purchase of
Thomson's book -- in the Methuen Critical Idiom series -- and Kayser, The
Grotesque in Art and Literature. Other theoretical readings will be mãI
available through library reserve books.
Requirements:
Several short presentations and a paper of about 25 pages.
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Course Number:
?
806
Title: ?
Approaches to Individual Authors
Description: ?
Study of one or more authors from a particular theoretical perspective.
Credit flours:
?
Vector:
?
Prerequisite(s) if any:
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estimated Enrollment:
?
8
?
when will the course first be offered:
?
1987
How often will the course be offered:
?
At least once in a 6-semester cycle
JUSTIFICATION:
Part of a total reorganization of the curriculum. See attached explanation.
RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:
R[Mi1 ?
P. Buitenhuis, A. Messenger
h'hat are the budgetary inplications of mounting the-course:
?
no
rh
H De Roo
Are there sufficient Library resources (a
p
oend details): ?
yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
B)C)
Library
An indication
resources
of the com
p
etence of the Faculty member to give the course.
.
.
L__T__4
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Comnjttee:
? ____
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Senate:
English 806: Approaches to Individual Authors
William Carlos Williams' Paterson and the Contemporary
Canadian Long Poem
Instructor: Roy Miki
In this course we will examine the line of contemporary Canadian poetry which
extends the theory and practice of the American writer
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William Carlos Williams.
We
as it
will
has
be
been
especially
loosely
concerned
termed. Discussions
with the extended
of Williams'
poetic
Paterson
form, the "lonq
p oem,"
will lead us into a study of postwar Canadian poetry, with a major focus on
Robert Kroetsch's Field Notes and bpNichol's The Martyrology. Many Canadian
writers have pointed to the "Williams line" as a pervasive influence in their
work. As Kroetsch writes: "Reading William Carlos Williams again, Kora in Hell,
Spring and All. Pointing me to where I'm at." Other Canadian poet?1ave made
iii1ar statements, prominent among them, Raymound Souster, bpNichol, Daphne
Marlatt, and George Bowering.
We will start the course by considering Williams' early book, Kora in Hell, as
of
a modernist
our first
teit
4-5 weeks.
that prefiguresthe
Then we will
poetic
apply what
concerns
we've
of
learned
Paterson,
from
the
Paterson
maj
—
or
to
focus
Field Notes and The Martyrology (especially Books Three and Four).
Given the limits of-any graduate course, the texts and poets singled out are
necessarily a selection from a list far beyond the confines of seminar require-
ments. Nevertheless, various absent texts and poets will enter our discussions
as necessary for clarification. Two supplementary texts that will receive more
than passing attention are George Bowering's Rocky Mountain Foot and Daphne
Marl att 's Steveston.
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Williams, William Carlos
Kora in Hell
City Lights
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'aterson
New Directions
Kroetsch, Robert
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Open
Letter (Spring 1983)
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Notes
General
Nichol, bp
As Elected
Talonbooks
The Martyrology,
Books Three & Four
Coach House
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS
(On Reserve)
Bowering, George
Rocky Mountain
Foot
M & S
Koretsch, Robert
Advice to Friends
General
Nichol, bp
The Martyrology,
BooksOne& Two
Coach House
The Martyrology,
Book Five
Coach House
Marlatt, Daphne
Steveston
Talonbooks
Longspoon
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over
SECONDARY MATERIAL
To be announced in class
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Some one-page writing assignments
Final Essay
Note: Because the major texts on the course are "long poems" that are demanding
on the reader, we will need to meet twice a week for 2-4 hours each session.
The extra time will also allow us to listen to tapes of the poets studied.
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English 806:
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Approaches to Individual Authors
Beowulf
Instructor: ?
H. De Roo
A study of the greatest and most complex vision of heroic aspiration
in Old English literature. Inthis course we translate Beowulf, and
consider historically the major critical issues and approaches.
Required texts: Fr. Klaeber Bebw' f'andThe Fight at Fiimsburg, 3rd ed.
with 1st and 2nd supp
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Eington,Mass.: Heath, 1950.
Howell D. Chickering, ed. and trans., Beowulf: A Dual-
Language Edition (Garden City NY; Anchor/Duulleday,
1977.
Secondary Reading:
William Witherle Lawrence, BeOwt1f 'and Epic Tradition (Cambridge:
Harvard UP, 1928).
J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and 'the 'Critics, Sir Israel
Gollancz Memorial Lecture, FitihAcademy,
H6.. PV
-22.
Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, The 'Art of Beowulf (Berkeley and Los Angeles:
U of Cal., 1959).
Edward B. Irving, Jr., A Reading 'of Bèowulf (New Haven and London: Yale UP,
1968.
Margaret Goldsmith, The Mode and 'Meaning of Beowulf (London: Athlone,
1970.
Andreas Haarder, Beowulf: The pJ)eal 'of
1975.
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a Poem (Viborg: Akademisk Forlag,
John D. Niles, Beowulf: The Poem and its Tradition (Cambridge and London:
Harvard UP, 1983.
Selected articles will be assigned at the appropriate times.
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CALEDAR 1,FOR2ATION:
Department:
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Course
Number: ?
810
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Seminar Part I
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Introductionto_ the tools,methods and process ofresearch
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Prerequisite (s) if any:
ENROLLMENT
AND
SCHEDULING:
Estimated Enrollment:
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8
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When will the course first be offered:
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1987
Now often will the course be offered:
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once every three
semesters
JUSTIFICATION:
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Lare•not
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Sintroduce them to some tools and materials they will need and acquaint them with
the strengths of the department.
RESOURCES:
Which Faculty member will normally teach
the course:
J.
Curtis, H. De Roo
!.hat are the budgetary implications of mounting the course:
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no
change
Are there sufficient Library resources (aooend details):
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yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
b)
An indication of the com
p
etence of the Faculty member to give the course.
c)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Committee:
Faculty Graduate Studies Committee:
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Date:
Faculty:
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Senate Graduate Studies
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Senate: ?
English 810: Graduate Research Seminar, Part I
This course will introduce the students to the tools, methods, and process of
research. It will have two components: (1) presentations by faculty or invited
speakers on a set of topics dealing with basic research tools and methods, and
(2) presentations by faculty on their research in progress.
All incoming students will be required to take this course in their first
semester.
The course will carry an S/U grade.
Ph.D. students who have taken this course for their M.A. will be exempted.
Sample Description:
Lectures on how to research and write graduate papers; how to prepare thesis
abstracts and bibliographies.
Seminars on texts and editing; varieties and availability of bibliographical
tools.
Seminars by faculty on their work: Jared Curtis on editing the early poems of
Wordsworth; Alan Rudrum on editing Vaughan.
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CAL 'DAR 1FORATION:
Department:
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Course Number:
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811
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Ti tle:
Graduate Research Seminar: Part II
Description:
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Practical application of the tools, methods and process or research
Credit flours:
0-S/U
Vector:
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Prerequisite (s) if any:
ENROLLMENT AND SCHEDULING:
Estimated Enrollment:
_8
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T.Then will the course first be offered:
?
1987
How often will the course be offered:
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once every three semesters
JUSTIFICATION:
T
he_course___wi11eflie6
student to discuss his/her work before proceeding
to oral defence of thesis/extended essay.
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Which Faculty member will normally teach the course:
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3._Curtis._H.DeRoo
hat are the budgetary irnplications of mounting the course:
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rhng
__________
Are there sufficient Library resources (aDDend details):
yes
Appended: a) Outline of the Course
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B)
An indication of the comDetence of the Faculty member to give the course.
C)
Library resources
Approved: Departmental Graduate Studies Committee:
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Faculty Graduate Studies Committee:
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Date:
Faculty:_
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Senate Graduate Studies
Senate:
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Date:
English 811: Graduate Research Seminar, Part II
This course will enable the student to present and discuss his/her research in
progress. All students will be required to take this before graduation. The
course will carry an S/U grade.
Description:
The student will give a seminar on his/her area of research emphasizing the
methods used and the problems encountered.
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