160233 VO Canadian Literature: Colonial - National - Global (2009W)
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Language: English
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Thursday
22.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
29.10.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
05.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
12.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
19.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
26.11.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
03.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
10.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
17.12.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
07.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
14.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
21.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Thursday
28.01.
10:00 - 12:00
Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
final written examination
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
to introduce students to Canadian literature from colonial times to the 21st century, to raise the awareness for the historical conditions under which literary texts were produced, disseminated, and received in Canada and elsewhere
Examination topics
multimedia-based lectures, question periods
Reading list
Recommended ReadingPoetry: Bliss Carman, "Low Tide on Grand Pré" (1887)
E. Pauline Johnson, "Ojistoh" (1895)
Robert W. Service, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" (1907)
George Bowering, "Grandfather" (1962)
Nicole Brossard, "Le centre blanc" (1970)
Robert Kroetsch, "Stone Hammer Poem" (1975)
Dorothy Livesay, "Ice Age" (1975)
Phyllis Webb, "Leaning" (1984)
Dionne Brand, "return" (1990)Plays: Charles Mair, Tecumseh (1886)
George Ryga, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1967)
Michel Tremblay, Les belles-soeurs (1968)
Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters (1988)Short Stories: Sinclair Ross, "The Painted Door" (1939)
Anne Hébert, "Le torrent" (1950)
Mavis Gallant, "The Accident" (1967)
Rohinton Mistry, "Lend Me Your Light" (1987)
Alice Munro, "The Children Stay" (1998)Novels: Susanna Moodie, Roughing It in the Bush; or, Life in Canada (1852)
Frederick Philip Grove, Settlers of the Marsh (1925)
Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel (1964)
Jacques Godbout, Le couteau sur la table (1965)
Margaret Atwood, Surfacing (1972)
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (1992)
Yann Martel, Life of Pi (2001)Essays: Northrop Frye, from The Bush Garden (1971)
Robert Kroetsch, from The Lovely Treachery of Words (1989)
E. Pauline Johnson, "Ojistoh" (1895)
Robert W. Service, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" (1907)
George Bowering, "Grandfather" (1962)
Nicole Brossard, "Le centre blanc" (1970)
Robert Kroetsch, "Stone Hammer Poem" (1975)
Dorothy Livesay, "Ice Age" (1975)
Phyllis Webb, "Leaning" (1984)
Dionne Brand, "return" (1990)Plays: Charles Mair, Tecumseh (1886)
George Ryga, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1967)
Michel Tremblay, Les belles-soeurs (1968)
Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters (1988)Short Stories: Sinclair Ross, "The Painted Door" (1939)
Anne Hébert, "Le torrent" (1950)
Mavis Gallant, "The Accident" (1967)
Rohinton Mistry, "Lend Me Your Light" (1987)
Alice Munro, "The Children Stay" (1998)Novels: Susanna Moodie, Roughing It in the Bush; or, Life in Canada (1852)
Frederick Philip Grove, Settlers of the Marsh (1925)
Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel (1964)
Jacques Godbout, Le couteau sur la table (1965)
Margaret Atwood, Surfacing (1972)
Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient (1992)
Yann Martel, Life of Pi (2001)Essays: Northrop Frye, from The Bush Garden (1971)
Robert Kroetsch, from The Lovely Treachery of Words (1989)
Association in the course directory
BA M5, BA M8;
Diplomstudium: VL 120, VL 220, VL 140, VL 240
Diplomstudium: VL 120, VL 220, VL 140, VL 240
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With Aboriginal, French, and English traditions dominating at the outset, Canada has been an ethnically and culturally diverse region since colonial times. It now is a classical immigration country which officially supports ethnic variety and thus allows for ever-new facets to be added to the multicultural mosaic. This series of lectures will give an overview of Canadian literature from its beginnings to the 21st century, all the while considering political and social developments that influenced artistic expression and helped to position Canadian writing at the intersections of colonial, national, and global forces.