Anna Smol ~ Teaching

Fall 2011

Introduction to Literature: Reading Literature (ENGL 1170-02).

Women's Literary Tradition I (ENGL 2240)

Studies in Medieval Literature (ENGL 3376)

Winter 2012: on sabbatical

Courses taught / theses supervised in the past:

Graduate level:

English 5000.01A:  Boethius and Medieval Literature
Dalhousie University reading course, Fall 2001

English 5000.03B: Old English Translation
Dalhousie University reading course, Winter 2001

English 5131.03A: The First Millennium,and Beyond
Dalhousie University, Fall 2000

English 5130.03B: Sex and Gender in Medieval Literature
Dalhousie University, Winter 1998

Supervisor, M.A. thesis, Dalhousie University: "From a Corpse to a Life: The Body in Old English Hagiography." 2001. M. Fast.

Reader of M.A. theses, Dalhousie University:

"'May Saracens Be Saved': The Conversion of the Saracens in Chaucer and Langland." 2007. C. Bailey.

"‘Woman, why weepest thou?’ The Influence of Mary Magdalene on The Book of Margery Kempe." 1999. K. Berrigan.

"Noisy Links and Narrative Energy in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales." 1995. V. Creelman.


Undergraduate level:

Old English Literature

Tolkien and Myth-Making  
Studies in Medieval Culture
Studies in Medieval Literature
Chaucer and Medieval Literature
Renaissance Literature
Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose
Women's Literary Tradition I
Women's Literary Tradition II
Poetry
Classical Traditions in English Literature
Introduction to Literature: Reading Literature
Introduction to Literature: Historical Perspectives
Introduction to Literature: Gender and Form
Writing Theory and Practice
Literature for Children and Young Adults

Directed Studies: on Tolkien; Beowulf; Translation and Old English Literature; Gender in Medieval Literature

Honours Thesis supervisions: on Beowulf films; fan fiction and gender theory; Old English translation; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Julian of Norwich; Chaucer; Robin Hood

Awards:
Winner of the 2011 Mount Saint Vincent University Instructional Leadership Award
Winner of the 1993 Mount Saint Vincent University Alumnae Award for Teaching Excellence
Short-listed for the Alumnae Award for Teaching Excellence, 2004


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