English Literature Lectures

Realism & Martha Ostenso's Wild Geese (1925)

Early Twentieth Century Literature. Reading List: John McCrae, "In Flanders Fields" Stephen Leacock, "The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" J. G. Sime, "Munitions!"

The "Confederation Poets" and Victorian Aesthetics in Canada. Readings: Bliss Carman, "Low Tide on Grand Pré" Archibald Lampman, "The City of the End of Things" E. Pauline Johnson, "The Cattle Thief" D.C. Scott, "The Onoondaga Madonna"

The literature of settlement Readings: - Susanna Moodie, from Roughing it in the Bush - Mary Ann Shadd, from A Plea for Emigration - E.J. Pratt, from Towards the Last Spike

Introduction to the course. Abridged because of administrative demands. Readings: - Anonymous, “Nathaniel’s Tilt” (1745) - Anonymous, “Nova Scotia. A New Ballad” (1750) - [Assigned but not discussed] Roch Carrier, “The Hockey Sweater”