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ENGL 365A/002: Modernist Literature (January 2025)
ENGL 365A/002: Modernist Literature Term 2 | TTh 9:30-11:00am Canvas Login | My Website Haunted Landscapes of Gothic Modernism “in the middle of my party, here’s death, she thought” – Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway Modernism was born out of seismic, … Continue reading
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Tagged d.h. lawrence, dorothy l. sayers, engl 365, english language and literatures, gothic modernism, henry james, james joyce, katherine mansfield, modernism, modernist literature, mrs. dalloway, strong poison, the turn of the screw, ubc, ubc english, virginia woolf, women in love
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ENGL 243/002: Speculative Fiction (January 2025)
ENGL 243/002: Speculative Fiction Term 2 | TTh 2:00-3:30pm Canvas Login | My Website Synthetic Humans; Posthuman Dystopias “We make Angels. In the service of Civilization. There were bad angels once … I make good angels now.” – Niander Wallace, … Continue reading
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Tagged alex garland, androids, artificial intelligence, blade runner 2049, clones, cyborgs, denis villeneuve, dystopian texts, dystopias, engl 243, english language and literatures, ex machina, gothic science fiction, kazuo ishiguro, lana wachowski, lilly wachowski, madeline ashby, neuromancer, never let me go, posthuman, robots, science fiction and fantasy, speculative fiction, synthetic humans, the matrix, ubc, ubc english, Vn, william gibson
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ENGL 100/020: Reading and Writing About Language and Literatures (January 2025)
ENGL 100/020: Reading and Writing About Language and Literatures Term 2 | TTh 12:30-2:00pm Canvas Login | My Website Haunted Houses “What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something … Continue reading
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Tagged english language and literatures, ghosts, gothic, gothic literature, gothic studies, haunted houses, helen oyeyemi, paranormal investigations, reading and writing about language and literatures, sarah waters, shirley jackson, the haunting of hill house, the little stranger, the others, ubc, ubc english, white is for witching
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ENGL 301/001: Technical Writing (September 2024)
ENGL 301/001: Technical Writing Term 1 | MWF 12:00-1:00pm Canvas Login | My Website English 301: Technical Writing examines the rhetorical genre of professional and technical communication, especially online, through analysis and application of its principles and practices. You will … Continue reading
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Tagged english language and literatures, grammar, research ethics, rhetoric, technical communication, technical writing, ubc, ubc english
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ENGL 246/001: Literature and Film (September 2024)
ENGL 246/001: Literature and Film Term 1 | MWF 2:00-3:00pm Canvas Login | My Website Vampires on Page and Screen: Transfusions and Transmutations “I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, bram stoker's dracula, carmilla, cultural studies, dracula, engl 246, english language and literatures, literary studies, literature and film, nosferatu, the vampyre, transfusions and transmutations, ubc, ubc english, vampires, what we do in the shadows
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ENGL 200/001-004: Principles of Literary Studies (September 2024)
ENGL 200/001-004: Principles of Literary Studies Moving Histories/Travelling Texts Instructors: Gisèle M. Baxter, Deena Dinat, Suzanne James, Kevin McNeilly Term 1 | MWF 10:00-11:00am Canvas Login | My Website Updated August 23. I will be working with the 002 tutorial … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024, atlantics, beowulf, bram stoker, cultural studies, dracula, engl 200, english language and literatures, epic, film studies, homegoing, jennifer chang, jim jarmusch, literary studies, migration and movement, novel, only lovers left alive, open city, poetry, principles of literary studies, september 2024, short fiction, team-taught course, teju cole, thomas king, travel writing, ubc, ubc english, william wordsworth, yaa gyasi
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ENGL 243/001: Speculative Fiction (January 2024)
ENGL 243/001: Speculative Fiction Term 2 | TTh 2:00-3:30 p.m. Canvas Login | My Website Synthetic Humans, Posthuman Dystopias “We make Angels. In the service of Civilization. There were bad angels once … I make good angels now.” – Niander … Continue reading
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Tagged alex garland, androids, artificial intelligence, blade runner 2049, clones, cyborgs, denis villeneuve, dystopian texts, dystopias, engl 243, english language and literatures, ex machina, gothic science fiction, kazuo ishiguro, lana wachowski, lilly wachowski, madeline ashby, neuromancer, never let me go, posthuman, robots, science fiction and fantasy, speculative fiction, synthetic humans, the matrix, ubc, ubc english, Vn, william gibson
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ENGL 110/013: Approaches to Literature and Culture (January 2024)
ENGL 110/013: Approaches to Literature and Culture Term 2 | TTh 11:00-12:30 p.m. Canvas Login | My Website Literary Monsters and Monstrous Literature Rey: “You are a monster.” Kylo Ren: “Yes, I am.” – Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Deformed, unfinished, … Continue reading
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Tagged approaches to literature and culture, drama, engl 110, english language and literatures, fiction, film adaptation, ian mckellen, literary monsters, monsters and monstrosities, oscar wilde, poetry, richard iii, shirley jackson, the picture of dorian gray, ubc, ubc english, we have always lived in the castle, william shakespeare
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ENGL 365/002: Modernist Literature (January 2024)
ENGL 365/002: Modernist Literature Term 2 | TTh 9:30-11:00 a.m. Canvas Login | My Website Haunted Landscapes of Gothic Modernism “in the middle of my party, here’s death, she thought” – Mrs. Dalloway Modernism was born out of seismic, revolutionary … Continue reading
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Tagged d.h. lawrence, dorothy l. sayers, engl 365, english language and literatures, gothic modernism, henry james, james joyce, katherine mansfield, modernism, modernist literature, mrs. dalloway, strong poison, the turn of the screw, ubc, ubc english, virginia woolf, women in love
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