Proposed Syllabus

Proposed 14-Week Syllabus for Eh 303: Canadian Literature

Below please find pertinent information for each of our meetings. Each meeting links to a more substantial description of the evening’s events. All specific reading and writing assignments are listed on these pertinent pages.

Note:

• Individual presentation sign-up takes place during week 2 for weeks 4-6

• Short Academic Essay proposal due week 5, essay due end of week 7

• Group Presentations sign-up takes place week 9, presentations take place 12-14

• Long Academic Essay proposal due week 10, essay due end of week 14

• Final examination TBA

January 21 Context and Colonization

Critical Selection

• Northrop Frye: The Bush Garden (selections)

Considered Prose Selections

• Frances Brooke: The History of Emily Montague (selections)

• Susanna Moodie: Roughing It in the Bush (selections)

January 28: The Poetry of Colonization

Critical Selections

• Benedict Anderson: Imagined Communities (selections)

Considered Poetry Selections

• Isabella Valancy Crawford: Malcolm’s Katie (selections)

• Charles Sangster: The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay (selections)

February 4:  The Wilderness

Critical Context

• Margaret Atwood: Survival (selections)

Considered Prose Selections

• John Richardson: Wacousta (selections)

• Catherine Parr Traill: Canadian Crusoes (selections)

February 11: Poetry of the Confederation

Considered Poetry Selections

• Charles G.D. Roberts: Selections

• Archibald Lampman: Selections

• Bliss Carman: Selections

February 18: Canadian Race and Racism

Considered Critical Context

• Thomas King: “Godzilla Vs. Post-Colonialism”

Considered Prose

• Joy Kogawa: Obasan

February 25: Canadian Race and Racism Cont.

Considered Prose

• Joy Kogawa: Obasan

• Individual presentations begin.

March 4 (mid-term) Canadian Class Systems

Considered Prose

• David Adams Richard: Nights Below Station Street
  

• Individual presentations will conclude.

• Short academic paper due.

March 25: Canadian Class Systems Cont.

Considered Prose

• David Adams Richard: Nights Below Station Street
  

April 1: America Through The Looking Glass

Considered Prose

• Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale

• Students will select topics for group presentations.

April 8: America Through The Looking Glass

Considered Prose

• Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid’s Tale

• Students will work on topics for group presentations.

• Students will begin drafting long academic paper

April 15: A Post-Colonial Nation

Considered Prose

• Yann Martel: Life of Pi

• Students will work on topics for group presentation.

• Students will begin drafting long academic essays.

April 22: A Post-Colonial Nation

Considered Prose

• Yann Martel: Life of Pi

• Group Presentations

April 29 Summation

• Group Presentations

May 6 Final Papers/Final Exam Review

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