Author Archives: Gisèle M. Baxter

ENGL 362/921 Victorian Period Literature Term 1 | TTh 2:00-5:00 p.m. Ghosts are Real (So are Vampires): Victorian Gothic Terror, Horror, and the Supernatural “Ghosts are real, this much I know” – Edith Cushing, Crimson Peak “There are such beings … Continue reading →

ENGL 365A/002: Modernist Literature Term 2 | TTh 9:30-11:00am 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, revolutionary shifts in society and … Continue reading →

ENGL 243/002: Speculative Fiction Term 2 | TTh 2:00-3:30pm Synthetic Humans; Posthuman Dystopias “We make Angels. In the service of Civilization. There were bad angels once … I make good angels now.” – Niander Wallace, Blade Runner 2049 “Whole generations … Continue reading →

ENGL 100/020: Reading and Writing About Language and Literatures Term 2 | TTh 12:30-2:00pm Haunted Houses “What is a ghost? A tragedy condemned to repeat itself time and again? An instant of pain, perhaps. Something dead which still seems to … Continue reading →

ENGL 301/001: Technical Writing Term 1 | MWF 12:00-1:00pm 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 produce a formal report, investigating … Continue reading →

ENGL 246/001: Literature and Film Term 1 | MWF 2:00-3:00pm 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 I dare not confess to … Continue reading →

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 I will be working with the 002 tutorial group. “The movement of the beach, this rhythmic … Continue reading →

ENGL 362/921: Victorian Period Literature Term 1 | TTh 2:00-5:00pm Ghosts are Real (So are Vampires): Victorian Gothic Terror, Horror, and the Supernatural “Ghosts are real, this much I know” – Edith Cushing, Crimson Peak “There are such beings as … Continue reading →

ENGL 110/013: Approaches to Literature and Culture Term 2 | TTh 11:00-12:30 p.m. Literary Monsters and Monstrous Literature Rey: “You are a monster.” Kylo Ren: “Yes, I am.” – Star Wars: The Last Jedi “Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time into … Continue reading →