Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Hyphenated-Canadians: Canadian Literature after 1914
ENGL 2257 Hyphenated-Canadians: Canadian Literature after 1914
Prerequisites:
3 credits of 1000 level English (excluding ENGL 1551 and ENGL 1552)Antirequisites:
ENGL 2255Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.Credits:
3Description:
This course is an historical selection of Canadian literature from 1914 to the contemporary period. Course readings may include fiction, poetry, drama, criticism and nonfiction as well as other forms. Authors taught may include Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood, Thomas King and Timothy Findley. Students develop an understanding of Canadian “literary tradition,” while critiquing the processes by which this “tradition” is constructed.