2025-2026 English Courses and Descriptions

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*The Course Schedules below are subject to change pending enrolment changes. Detailed course descriptions by instructors are added when available and are also subject to change.

**Please consult the Registrar's Time Table for mode of delivery for courses.


First-Year Courses

Fall Term

Winter Term


Course Title: Effective Writing LEC0101

Course Code: ENG100H5F | Lecture MWF 9-10 (Online)

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Effective Writing LEC0102

Course Code: ENG100H5F | Lecture T 9-11, R 9-10 

Instructor

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Group n/a


Course Title: Effective Writing LEC0103

Course Code: ENG100H5F | Lecture T 6-9 (Online)

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Effective Writing LEC0101

Course Code: ENG100H5S | Lecture MWF 9-10

Instructor: Julia Boyd

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Group n/a


Course Code: ENG100H5S LEC0102

Course Code: ENG100H5S | | Lecture W 6-9 (Online)

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Effective Writing LEC0103

Course Code: ENG100H5S | Lecture T 3-5, R 3-4 

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: How to Read Critically

Course Code: ENG101H5S | Lecture TR 9-10 | Tutorials T 10-11, T 12-1, T 1-2, T 3-4, T4-5

Instructor: Michael Raby 

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Group 1 Literary Theory/Methods


Course Title: How to Research Literature

Course Code: ENG102H5F | Lecture MW 9-10 | Tutorials M 10-11, W 12-1

Instructor:  TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Introduction to World Literatures

Course Code: ENG105H5S | Lecture TR 10-11 | Tutorials R 11-12, R 1-2, R 3-4

Instructor: Anna Thomas

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Group n/a


Course Title: Literature & AI

Course Code: ENG107H5F | Lecture T 11-1 | Tutorials T 1-2, T 3-4, T 4-5, T 5-6

InstructorAvery Slater

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Group n/a


Course Title: Narrative

Course Code: ENG110H5F | Lecture MW 1-2 | Tutorials W 2-3, W 4-5, W 5-6, W 6-7

InstructorChester Scoville

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Group n/a


Course Title: Narrative

Course Code: ENG110H5S | Lecture MW 12-1 | Tutorials W 1-2, W 3-4

InstructorChester Scoville

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Group n/a


Course Title: Traditions of Theatre and Drama

Course Code: ENG121H5F | Lecture MW 11-12 | Tutorials W 12-1, W 2-3

Instructor: Holger Syme

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Group n/a


Course Title: Modern and Contemporary Theatre and Drama

Course Code: ENG122H5S | Lecture MW 11-12 | Tutorials W 12-1, W 2-3

Instructor: Signy Lynch

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Group n/a


Second-Year Courses

Fall Term

Winter Term


Course Title: British Literature in the World I: Medieval to Eighteenth-Century

Course Code: ENG202H5F | Lecture MW 9-10 | Tutorials W 10-11, W 12-1, W 1-2

Instructor: Julia Boyd

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Group n/a


Course Title: British Literature in the World II: Romantic to Contemporary

Course Code: ENG203H5S | Lecture TR 10-11 | Tutorials R 11-12, R 1-2, R 2-1

InstructorChris Koenig-Woodyard

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Group n/a


Course Title: How to Read Poetry

Course Code: ENG204H5F | Lecture M 3-5, W 3-4

Instructor: Brent Wood

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Group 1 Literary Theory/Methods


Course Title: Introduction to the Novel

Course Code: ENG211H5S | Lecture MWF 10-11

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: The Canadian Short Story

Course Code: ENG215H5S | Lecture MWF 9-10

InstructorDaniela Janes

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Group 5 Canadian Literature


Course Title: Introduction to Shakespeare

Course Code: ENG223H5F | Lecture MW 1-2 | TUT W 4-5, W 5-4

Instructor: TBD

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Group 3 Literature pre-1700


Course Title: Children's Literature

Course Code: ENG234H5F | Lecture MWF 10-11

Instructor:  Daniela Janes

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Group n/a


Course Title: Comics and the Graphic Novel

Course Code: ENG235H5S | Lecture MWF 11-12

Instructor: Chester Scoville

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Group n/a


Course Title: Detective Fiction

Course Code: ENG236H5F | Lecture MWF 12-1

InstructorDaniela Janes

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Group n/a


Course Title: Science Fiction

Course Code: ENG237H5S | Lecture T 11-12, R 11-1

Instructor: Stanka Radovic

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Group n/a


Course Title: Fantasy Literature

Course Code: ENG238H5F | Lecture MWF 11-12

Instructor: Chester Scoville

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Group n/a


Course Title: Introduction to American Literature

Course Code: ENG251H5S | Lecture T 1-3, R 1-2

Instructor: Melissa Gniadek

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Group 6 American Literature


Course Title: Introduction to Canadian Literature

Course Code: ENG255H5F | Lecture T 11-12, R 11-1

Instructor: Colin Hill

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Group 5 Canadian Literature


Course Title: Imagining Nature: Literature & the Enviro.

Course Code: ENG259H5F | Lecture M 1-3, W 2-3

Instructor: Julia Boyd

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Group 1 Literary Theory/Methods


Course Title: Music and Literature

Course Code: ENG261H5S | Lecture M 4-5, W 3-5

Instructor: Brent Wood

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Group n/a


Course Title: Play and Games

Course Code: ENG263H5F | Lecture T 1-3 | TUT R 1-2, R 2-3

Instructor: Christine Tran

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Group n/a


Course Title: Play and Games

Course Code: ENG263H5S | Lecture MW 1-2 | TUT W 2-3, W 4-5

Instructor: Lawrence Switzky

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Group n/a


Course Title: Queer Writing

Course Code: ENG269H5F | Lecture T 1-3, R 1-2

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Toronto's Multicultural Literatures

Course Code: ENG271H5S | Lecture T 11-1, R 12-1

InstructorColin Hill

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Group 5 Canadian Literature


Course Title: Literatures of Immigration & Exile

Course Code: ENG273H5F | Lecture W 6-9

InstructorRaji Soni

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Group 2 Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora, Indigeneity


Course Title: Feminist Approaches to Literature

Course Code: ENG275H5S | Lecture W 11-12, F 11-1

Instructor: Sarah Star

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Group 1 Literary Theory/Methods


Course Title: History of Video Games

Course Code: ENG279H5F | Lecture T 9-11 | Tutorials R 9-10, R 10-11

Instructor: Chris Young

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Group n/a


Course Title: Critical Approaches to Literature

Course Code: ENG280H5S | Lecture M 11-1 | Tutorials M 1-2, M 2-3, M3-4

Instructor: Danny Wright

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Group n/a


Course Title: Creative Writing

Course Code: ENG289H5F | Lecture MW 1-2 | Tutorials F 1-2, F 2-3 

Instructor: Brent Wood

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Group n/a


Course Title: Creative Writing

Course Code: ENG289H5S | Lecture T 9-11 | Tutorials T 11-12, T 1-2 (ONLINE)

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a

 

Course Title: Reading for Creative Writing

Course Code: ENG291H5S | Lecture MW 1-2 | Tutorials M 2-3, M 4-5

Instructor: Brent Wood

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Group n/a


Third-Year Courses

Fall Term

Winter Term


Course Title: Chaucer  

Course Code: ENG300H5SY | Lecture MWF 2-3

Instructor: Chet Scoville

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Group n/a


Course Title: Magical Realism

Course Code: ENG302H5S | Lecture T1-3, R 2-3

Instructor: Stanka Radovic

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Group n/a


Course Title: Spec. Top. Mod. Contemp. Lit (Virginia Woolf)

Course Code: ENG316H5S | Lecture MWF 12-1 

Instructor: Daniella Janes

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Group n/a


Course Title: Drama of the Global South

Course Code: ENG317H5F | Lecture W3-5, F3-4 

Instructor: Natasha Vashisht

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Group 2 Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora, Indigeneity


Course Title: Sexuality, Race, & Gender in VG & Gaming Culture

Course Code: ENG319H5S | Lecture M 9-11, W 10-11

Instructor: Christine Tran

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Group n/a


Course Title: Austen and Her Contemporaries

Course Code: ENG323H5F | Lecture T 3-5, R 3-4

InstructorChris Koenig-Woodyard

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Group 4 Literature 1700-1900


Course Title: Spec. Top. Game Studies (Classic Games)

Course Code: ENG324H5S | Lecture T 3-5

Instructor: Chris Young

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Group n/a


Course Title: The Victorian Novel

Course Code: ENG325H5S | Lecture T 3-5, R 3-4

InstructorChris Koenig-Woodyard

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Group 4 Literature 1700-1900


Course Title: Premodern World Literatures 

Course Code: ENG326H5F | Lecture W 11-12, F 11-1

Instructor: Sarah Star

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Group 3 Literature pre-1700


Course Title: Writing for Games and Narrative Design

Course Code: ENG328H5F | Lecture M 3-5, W 3-4

Instructor: Christine Tran

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Group n/a
 


Course Title: Restoration and 18th Century Literature

Course Code: ENG332H5S | Lecture T 9-11, R 10-11

Instructor: TBD

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Group 4 Literature 1700-1900


Course Title: Spy Fiction

Course Code: ENG344H5S | Lecture T6-9

Instructor: Richard Greene

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Group n/a


Course Title: Contemporary Poetry ("Ecopoetry")

Course Code: ENG349H5F | Lecture T 3-6

Instructor: Avery Slater

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Group n/a


Course Title: Toni Morrison: Texts and Contexts

Course Code: ENG351H5F | Lecture T 9-11, R 10-11

Instructor: Anna Thomas

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Group 6 American Literature


Course TitleCanadian Drama

Course Code: ENG352H5S | Lecture MWF 10-11

Instructor: Daniela Janes

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Group 5 Canadian Literature


Course TitleCaribbean Literature

Course Code: ENG356H5S | Lecture T 11-1, R 12-1

Instructor: Anna Thomas

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Group 2 Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora, Indigeneity


Course TitleEarly American Literature

Course Code: ENG360H5F | Lecture T 12-1, R 11-1

Instructor: Melissa Gniadek

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Group 6 American Literature


Course Title: Creative Writing: Poetry 

Course Code: ENG373H5F LEC0101 | Lecture M 6-8

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Creative Writing: Poetry [Spoken Word]

Course Code: ENG373H5F LEC0101 | Lecture F 1-3

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Creative Writing: Prose

Course Code: ENG374H5S LEC0101 | Lecture W 3-5

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Creative Writing: Prose

Course Code: ENG374H5S LEC0102 | Lecture W 6-8 (Online)

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course TitleCreative Writing: Nonfiction

Course Code: ENG376H5S LEC0101 | F 11-1 (Online)

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: Special Topic in Writing for Performance (TBA)

Course Code: ENG378H5S LEC0101 | M 3-5

Instructor: TBD

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Group n/a


Course Title: British Romanticism and Its Contexts

Course Code: ENG383H5F | Lecture R 6-9

InstructorChris Koenig-Woodyard

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Group 4 Literature 1700-1900


Course Title: Spaces of Fiction

Course Code: ENG388HF | Lecture T 11-1, R 11-12

InstructorStanka Radovic

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Group n/a


Course Title: Canadian Fiction

Course Code: ENG392HF | Lecture T 1-3, R 2-3

InstructorColin Hill

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Group 5 Canadian Literature


Course Title: Literary Theory Now

Course Code: ENG396HS | Lecture R 9-12

Instructor: Avery Slater

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Group 1 Literary Theory/Methods


Fourth-Year Courses

Fall Term

  • ENG410H5F Seminar: Critical Game Studies: Topic TBA
  • ENG472H5F Seminar: Modern/Cont.: "Canadian Comics & The Second World War"
  • ENG489H5Y Creative Writing Workshop

Winter Term

  • ENG460H5S Sem: Literature Pre-1700: "Medieval Race-Thinking"
  • ENG463H5S Seminar: Literature 1700-1900: "Reading Frankenstein's Reading"

Course Title: Seminar: Critical Game Studies: Topic TBA

Course Code: ENG410H5F | Lecture R 1-3

InstructorLeticia Ridley

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Group n/a
 


Course Title: Sem: Literature Pre-1700: "Medieval Race-Thinking"

Course Code: ENG460H5S | Lecture W 1-3

InstructorSarah Star 

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Group 3 Literature pre-1700


Course Title: Sem: Literature 1700-1900: "Women, Comedy, Theatre: 1660-1800"

Course Code: ENG463H5S | Lecture F 2-4

InstructorTerry Robinson

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Group 4 Literature 1700-1900


Course Title: Sem: Modern and Contmporary Lit: "Brontë and Ishiguro" 

Course Code: ENG472H5F| Lecture M 11-1

InstructorDanny Wright

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Group n/a


Course Title: Creative Writing Workshop

Course Code: ENG489H5Y| Lecture R 1-3

InstructorRichard Greene

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Group n/a