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Literary Studies

Literary Studies (LTST) encourages interdisciplinary, comparative, historical, and theoretical approaches to the study of literature. Students will read works from the English-speaking world as well as works in English translation, engaging with those texts and their cultural and historical contexts. The LTST focus area trains participants in advanced research and helps them gain expertise in close and contextual reading methods. Students will also have the opportunity to practice and perfect advanced writing in many forms. The communication, critical thinking, and research skills gained through LTST courses are widely transferable and in demand.


  • 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
  • MAIS 625: Critical Perspectives in Cultural Studies

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