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THEORY AND WRITING: BLACK THOUGHT (CW5085)

This course gives centre stage to written and performative forms of Black resistance. We will examine foundational Black works in Arabic, English and French by Black Arab medieval Poets, Frederick Douglass, Aimé Césaire, Edouard Glissant and others. We will counterpoint these texts with theoretical works that deploy Marxist, postcolonial, feminist and queer approaches to critique slavery, colonialism and neocolonialism. No prerequisites.

TOPICS IN CREATIVE WRITING (CW5091)

Topics vary by semester

THESIS (CW5095)

This course marks the culmination of a student's graduate studies in creative writing. Offered in the last semester of the final year of their studies, this course will guide students as they put together their book-length MFA thesis under the supervision of their mentor. The course will conclude with a final presentation that is open to the public.

INTERNSHIP (CW5098)

This four-credit internship option offers MFA students the chance to work in creative fields, whether literary programming for cultural institutions, curation, work with agents, editorships, or magazine work.

TOPICS IN THEATRE (DR1910)

Topics vary by semester

THEATER ARTS (DR2000)

Offers a practical workshop in the art of acting and dramatic expression. Students learn to bring texts to life on stage through a variety of approaches to performance. This course develops valuable analytical skills through play analysis, as well as building confidence in presentation and group communications skills through acting techniques and the rehearsal and performance of play scenes. May be taken twice for credit.

ACTING IN FRENCH (DR2077)

For non-francophones. Aims at improving oral skills, expression, spontaneous production of French using drama and situations closer to reality than usual classroom settings. Thanks to acting techniques, students will learn to use their relationships with the world and others to stimulate their imagination and their own creativity.