Topics in Modern/Contemporary Canadian Literature I - Language, Culture, & Politics
- ENGL 200 / 6.0
- ENGL 290 / 3.0
- A minimum GPA of 2.3 in 9.0 units of ENGL
Learning goals include
- understanding the historical and contemporary significance of Chinese Canadian literary studies
- successfully applying secondary criticism to original interpretations of primary texts
- contributing actively to communities of learning in the seminar format.
In this course, students will explore the history of Chinese Canadian literature and literary studies, beginning with what is commonly considered its “inception” in the 1980s, and tracing its development to the present day. Students will consider how the literary production of Chinese Canadians reflects the diaspora’s changing political position and sense of collective and individual identity. Primary texts will feature short stories, novels, poetry, life writing, and dramatic works by authors of Chinese descent, including both established authors such as SKY Lee, Fred Wah, Rita Wong, and Larissa Lai, as well as authors who have debuted more recently, such as jia-qing wilson-yang and Kai Cheng Thom; secondary texts will survey works from Larissa Lai, Rita Wong, Lien Chao, and Lily Cho, among others.
**This course is repeatable for credit under different topic titles.
About Repeatable Courses
With repeatable courses, the course number (e.g., ENGL 466) is repeatable, but the topic is not. You can take as many topics as you like under the same course number, but you can only take each individual topic once.
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Assessments
Grading Components
- seminar presentation
- a final essay (2000 words)
- take-home exam
**Subject to change**