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Current Courses​
English 146 Fall 2019
Course outline: syllabus
146 assignment upload link (Microsoft Word format only, please)
146 reading materials (password protected)
Short writing assignment #1
Short writing assignment #1 peer editing worksheet
Short writing assignment #2
Take-home essay assignment
There There cast of characters
An example of an MLA Works Cited section
Final exam template (for all English 146 classes)
​Peer editing worksheet
How to use MLA in-text citations to cite poetry
Derek Walcott's "The Sea is History"
A definition of "allusion"
146/A15: study list of literary terms for the final exam
For literary term definitions, you may consult the following (do not rely on only one, except the PEPP)

• Kip Wheeler's definitions of literary terms;
• The Poetry Foundation's Glossary of Poetic Terms;
• Wikipedia (e.g., "mnemonic," "volta" or "narrative voice")
• The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics (use alphabetical entries or index to search terms)

English 414A Fall 2019
Course outline: syllabus
414A assignment upload link (Microsoft Word format only, please)
​Research proposal and essay: assignment 
Research proposal: successful sample (includes MLA formatted citations and works cited)
Video remake group project: assignment
​Hollywood Classical Narrative: Key features
Purdue OWL: getting started with the Writing Process
​Purdue OWL: Developing a Thesis (for fiction, film, and similar media)
Purdue OWL: Building an Argument 
Film research database: Film and Television Literature Index (EBSCO)
Film research database: Film Index International (ProQuest)
Film research database: FLI Online - Film Literature Index
Film terminology for academic writing
An example of an MLA Works Cited section
Peer editing worksheet

​General Interest
The Nightmare of Citation
Meditation for Students
​A basic list of 31 literary devices (or techniques)
A longer list of 87 literary devices
An even longer list of literary devices 
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics online (UVic library access)
A basic list of 9 literary elements for students

Archive
Selected syllabi from Dr. Shlensky's previous courses
English 414B spring 2019: American Film 1945-Present
English 581 spring 2019 Graduate seminar on postcolonialism and intertextuality
English 439a fall 2018: Postcolonial Literature and Theory
English 203 fall 2017: Introduction to American Literature
​English 581 summer 2016: Graduate seminar on terror, film, literature
English 438 fall 2014: Postcolonial literature and theory
CSPT 500 spring 2014: Postcolonial Cinema, Diasporic Hollywood
English 146 fall 2012: Introduction to Literary Genres, Themes and Styles
English 475 spring 2012: North American Modern Jewish Literature
English 201 fall 2011: Modernism
English 581 summer 2011: Postcolonial Caribbean literature
English 466 spring 2010: Cultural Studies
English 200C fall 2008: Victorian Literature