Read on. Write now.

Our faculty and staff would like to welcome our new and returning students.

Literature captures us and urges us to reflect on our relationship to the world, to our culture and to ourselves. In stories, poems and plays; in film, graphic novels and even video games, we represent who we are through imagination and language.

We offer a wide range of both traditional and innovative courses that tackle literature from a variety of perspectives. Let us feed your imagination and challenge your intellect.

This Year Only: Check out these special courses that will be offered in the 2020-21 academic year:

For all other course offerings click here.

Find your edge in UVic’s Department of English

We acknowledge and respect the Lkwungen-speaking peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.