Thu 12-14 A3098 (SAVOLAINEN) starting Sept 9th

The course provides a survey of Canadian Literature in English from the early years of settlement to the contemporary scene, at the same time acknowledging the importance of French and the multicultural dimension of the country. In the course we will read Hugh MacLennan?s novel Two Solitudes (1945) and short texts by Susanna Moodie, Martha Ostenso, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Robert Kroetsch and Douglas Cardinal & Jeannette Armstrong (distributed as photocopies). In addition, we will watch Atom Egoyan?s film Exotica (1994). The reading materials of the course will be provided in photocopies except MacLennan?s novel of which you are expected to purchase your own copy available at the university bookstore. For further information, contact M. Savolainen (English Philology B 5046 or email matti.savolainen@uta.fi).

Assessment: group giscussion, introduction to an assigned topic in class, lecture diary.

Enrolment is restricted to fourteen (10 students of English philology & four of the NAM program).

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