Spring 2025 - ENGL 211 D200
The Place of the Past (3)
Class Number: 3327
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 6 – Apr 9, 2025: Mon, Wed, 9:30–10:20 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
JD Fleming
jfleming@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4713
Office: AQ 6149
Office Hours: TBA
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Prerequisites:
12 units or one 100-division English course.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Examines literature and language within specific social, cultural, geographical, and textual environments to explore the mutually informing relationship between history and text. May be further organized by historical period, genre, or critical approach. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
LONDON 1600:
Is the original place and time of the modern English language. For that's when, or approximately when, it first came to maturity; in part through the first brilliance of modern English literature. In this course, we will read some of that. Authors will include Shakespeare, Jonson, Donne, and Spenser. They will expand our understanding, almost till it hurts, of the capacities for expression in the language that we (by strange historical accident) still speak and write.
Grading
- Short Writing Assignment (3-4 pages) 20%
- Term Paper (7 pages) 35%
- Creative Project or Presentation 20%
- Final exam (2 hours) 25%
NOTES:
All of our readings will be made available through Canvas. No book to buy.
Materials
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
IMPORTANT NOTE Re 300 and 400 level courses: 75% of spaces in 300 level English courses, and 100% of spaces in 400 level English courses, are reserved for declared English Major, Minor, Extended Minor, Joint Major, and Honours students only, until open enrollment begins.
For all On-Campus Courses, please note the following:
- To receive credit for the course, students must complete all requirements.
- Tutorials/Seminars WILL be held the first week of classes.
- When choosing your schedule, remember to check "Show lab/tutorial sections" to see all Lecture/Seminar/Tutorial times required.
Registrar Notes:
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
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