En266: American Dreams and Nightmares

7 days ago

Waterloo, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:May 23, 2025

**Location**: Waterloo, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Arts

**Department**: English and Film Studies

**Campus**: Waterloo

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:9558

**Position Title**: EN266: American Dreams and Nightmares

**Term**: Fall 2025

**Days/Times**: Tues./Thurs. 10:00 - 11:20am

**Hours per week/Hours Total**: 3 / 36

**Type of Course**:In-Person

**Anticipated Class Size**: 55

**Additional Course Requirements**: n/a

**Posted on**: May 23, 2025

**Posting ends**: June 7, 2025

**Position Summary**:
A critical exploration of American literature in the 20th century (and/or 21st centuries), which may include novels, essays, plays, poetry, and recent forms such as graphic novels. Topics may include the rise and evolution of Modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, the Beat Generation, Post-Modernism, pop culture; the representation of Indigeneity, immigration, ethnicity and race; the literary treatment of civil rights, class, gender, and sexuality; the evolution of literary forms in the face of industrialization, urbanization, technological transformation, and ecological adversity; the self-conscious situating of literary works amidst war, geopolitical conflict and cooperation, globalization, and the culture wars, among others.

**Qualifications - Required**: MA

**Qualifications - Discipline**: English

**Qualifications - Areas of Specialization**:
**Qualifications - Other**: Experience teaching at the University level

**Application Deadline**: June 7, 2025

**Submit with Application**:
**Required for All Applicants
- CV (required)

Required for External Applicants
- Names and Contact Information for Referees
- Evidence of Good Teaching
- Verification of highest degree

Optional
- Cover Letter
- Teaching Dossier
- Sample Course Outline (2-pages maximum)

**Applications may be addressed to**:
Dr. Markus Poetzsch

Chair, English and Film Studies

**To Apply**:
**Please Note**:
For Supplementary Remuneration for large classes or multi-section courses, see Article 28.3

Members of the designated groups must self-identify to the appropriate Dean(s) to be considered for employment equity.

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