This course introduces a range of Canadian authors, exploring their work in relation to questions about place and landscape, nationality and migration, community and history.

1x1hr lecture; 1x1hr seminar per week over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus. This is one of the Honours options in English Literature and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

ENGLIT5111

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The standard assessments for this course are: 

■ 1500-word close reading exercise - 25%  

■ 3000-word essay - 50%  

■ 7 min presentation - 15%  

■ Seminar contribution - 10% 

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available: 

■ There are no alternatives to the 1500-word close reading exercise, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions). 

■ There are no alternatives to the 3000-word essay, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions). 

■ Recorded presentation or One-to-one presentation / discussion/Q&A with staff (where presentation would normally be in class) as alternative to presentation.

■ Written self-evaluation reflecting on seminar contribution or written response to seminar material in advance or after seminar as alternative to seminar contribution.

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.  

This course aims to:

■ consider a varied selection of Canadian texts, examining the narrative, poetic and dramatic strategies they use to engage with Canada's geography and history;

■ explore Canadian literature in relation to the politics of literary representations of colonial and postcolonial encounter, of wilderness, and of diasporic and multiethnic communities;

■ develop individually selected areas of specialised enquiry within the field of Canadian literature.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ critically analyse literary inscriptions of place - and particularly of different regions of Canada;

■ reflect on Canadian literary texts in relation to questions about migration, border-crossing, and transatlantic connections;

■ use a range of online text archives and interdisciplinary scholarly resources in Canadian Studies;

■ communicate responses to the material studied on the course both orally and in written form through coherent and sustained argument.

■ demonstrate resilience and time management through effectively planning, undertaking and submitting coursework.

■ deal with change and new challenges by applying their disciplinary skills and knowledge to previously unfamiliar research areas and questions.