Literary Studies

Literary studies encourages an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the study of literature. We will read works from the English-speaking world as well as works in English translation. We will work across the humanities and the social sciences to follow the literary interests of individual students and the research and teaching strengths of faculty.

Students who have declared their focus area in Literary Studies will be expected to do a final project on a literary topic with a supervisor in Literary Studies.

For more information, contact the focus area’s stewards, Dr. Angie Abdou, aabdou@athabascau.ca or Dr. Mark McCutcheon mccutcheon@athabascau.ca.

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Foundational courses for Literary Studies

• LTST 605: Current Issues in Literary Studies

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Recommended courses within Literary Studies

• LTST 551: World Literature
• LTST 612: The 19th-Century English Novel: Gothic Transformations
• LTST 637: Black Atlantic Literature and Culture
• LTST 693: Creative Writing
• MAIS 617: Creative Non-Fiction
• MAIS 625: Critical Perspectives in Cultural Studies
• MAIS 638: What I Tell You May Not Be True: Autobiography, Discourse Analysis, and Post-Colonialism
• MAIS 640: Grounded Theory, Exploration, and Beyond

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Permanently closed courses within Literary Studies

• CMNS 655: Journalists and Responsibility
• ENGL 551: Comparative Canadian Literature
• ENGL 591: Cultural Studies—Directed Studies in Literature
• ENGL 633: Post-Colonial Drama
• GLST 653: Women's Narratives from the Circumpolar North
• LTST 639: Human Perfectibility: Utopian and Pastoral Perspectives
• MAIS 618: English in Question: Critical Reflections on the Rise of a Global Language
• MAIS 622: Advanced Feminist Theory