This schedule is subject to change.  We may wish to spend more time on some texts, and less on others.  “TBA” indicates areas where we may wish to add texts, including handouts and Internet links. 

 

Week

Subject of Discussion

January 6

Introduction/Syllabus Distribution

9-13

Nature and the Bush Myth

Frye and the Garrison Mentality

Atwood, Survival

Moodie, From Roughing it in the Bush (94-96, 122)

The Group of Seven

16-18

The CanLit Explosion and Regionalism

Purdy, "Lament for the Dorsets" (480)

Atwood, "Death by Landscape"

Canadian Education

20-22

IS Conference: no class

break: no class

23-30

Celebrities and Best Sellers

Munro, "The Progress of Love" (570)

Carol Shields, Hazel" (636) 

Cohen, "Suzanne," "Everybody Knows" (599)

Atwood, "Journals of Susannah Moodie " (680)

1-17

Family and History

MacLeod, No Great Mischief

Wah, Diamond Grill (731)

Kogawa, "Road Building by Pick Axe" (631)

  • Essay #1 due Wed, Feb 8

20-24

Reading Week; no classes

22-March 3

The Immigrant Experience

Wah, Diamond Grill 

Brand, "Land to Light On" (955) 

George Elliott Clarke, "Nu(is)ance" (1016) 

Mistry, "Swimming Lessons" (932)

6

Hockey Day

Ondaatje, "To a Sad Daughter" (801)
The Hockey Sweater and The Hockey Jersey (I will read to you in class)

8-20

Urban Literature

Scarborough

15 break: no class

20-31

Nature

Mowat, "The Nature of the North"

Apr 2-5

 

Good Friday and Easter Monday; no classes

7-12

Form and Canada

Atwood, "Happy Endings"

King, "Borders" and "A Short History of Indians in Canada"

Essay #2 due April 11

12-16 Review

April 21

Final Exam 9am in N208