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ENGL 425 Nineteenth Century Fiction

The course provides an overview of the practice of the novel, especially in its dominant phase – Jane Austen, George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy. The course explores the development of the ‘great tradition’ of English novel writing...

ENGL 424 The New Literatures in English

The course focuses on the literary phenomenon of the emergence of powerful literary voices from those widely dispersed regions of the world, almost all of which were once part of the British Empire, but all of which now claim articulations of self-...

ENGL 423 The Short Story

The course will study English, European, Pan-American and African masters of the form. The aim of the course will be to give students an understanding of the practice of each of the selected writers and their unique contributions to the development of the...

ENGL 422 Business Writing

The course covers the following subjects: editing, speech writing, resume/CV writing, report writing, minutes, conference reporting, and research/project proposals. Beyond a general introduction which the course will offer to all students, there will be...

ENGL 421 Introduction to Film and TV

This course introduces students to what is sometimes considered as the newest art form in world cultural history, and now probably the most pervasive form of artistic representation. Beginning with a brief history of the invention of and early developments in...

ENGL 419 Poetry

The course will teach poetry as a genre. It will deepen students’ knowledge and appreciation of poetry. Insights provided by such deep knowledge should lead students on to a more confident aesthetic and analytical engagement with poetry in its various...

ENGL 418 Pragmatics (

This course will examine the different ways in which context can influence the way we interpret sentences. It will generally deal with the relationship between system sentences and utterance. It will also address the speech act theory of meaning and basic...

ENGL 417 History of the English Language

This course will survey the historical development of the English Language from Anglo-Saxon times to present day. It will study the concept of language change - the why and the how as well as the internal history of the English Language.

ENGL 416 Introduction to Stylistics

The course is essentially an applied course that is meant to sharpen students’ awareness of what constitutes a text. Various theories as to what we mean by style and stylistics will be examined. Other topics will include foregrounding, deviation and...

ENGL 415 Modern Literary Theory

The course explores the main movements in literary studies that have emerged and gained currency since the rise of English as a discipline of study. The course aims to familiarize students with the key debates and ideas from these movements.

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