Overview

English Literature Program

The major in English Literature, grounded in literary criticism and theory, develops students’ interpretive and communicative skills.

We offer courses in Indigenous literatures and rhetorics, documentary filmmaking, creative writing, science and health communication, postcolonial studies, children’s literature, detective fiction, environmental communication, women’s writing, critical theory, Gothic literature, Canadian literature, and early modern literature.

The Department organizes various extracurricular events including the Dbaajmawak Indigenous Writers Series featuring renowned authors such as Maria Campbell and Richard Van Camp. The Department’s literary journal Sulphur is edited and published by the English Arts Society.

Rhetoric and Media Studies Program

The program in Rhetoric and Media Studies is based on rhetorical theory, which is the study of how people use language to affect other people and the world around them. It develops students’ abilities to critique and to craft written, oral, and visual texts in various genres of filmmaking, public discourse, professional communication, and literary composition. We offer a rich range of courses for critical study, creative work, and professional practice. Each year, student excellence in filmmaking, professional communication, and creative writing is celebrated through various awards and public events.

Relevant graduate study opportunities at Laurentian:

• Master of Arts in Humanities
• Graduate studies in Science Communication

Key Features

Develop your interpretive and communicative skills.

Acquire a range of critical reading practices, sharpening their ability to respond to a historically and geographically wide scope of literary texts and genres.

Critique and craft written, oral, and visual texts in various genres of filmmaking, literary composition, public discourse, and professional communication.