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160362 VO Canadian Fiction in a Multicultural State (2007W)
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Language: English
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- Tuesday 16.10. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 23.10. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 30.10. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 06.11. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 13.11. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 20.11. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 27.11. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 04.12. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
- Tuesday 11.12. 10:00 - 12:30 (Seminarraum B Berggasse 11 1.OG)
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Aims, contents and method of the course
While Canada has always been a multicultural country, it did not adopt policies to that end until 1988. This course proposes a discussion that will begin with the examination of such notable analyses as that of Charles Taylor. It will then examine the literature of three multicultural groups, that is, African Canadian, Japanese Canadian, and Aboriginal writing (which will be included despite the fact that it does fall within the scope of the Multiculturism Act). Part of the purpose of the course will be to indicate that multiculturalism in Canada is still a subject of debate.Bien que le Canada ait toujours été un pays multiculturel, il l'est devenu officiellement en 1988. Le but du cours est d'examiner dans un premier temps quelques textes significatifs, telle l'analyse de Charles Taylor. Dans un deuxieme temps, on va examiner la littérature de trois groupes distincts, c'est-à-dire, celle de "l'africadienne", canadienne japonaise et autochtone (inclue en dépit du fait qu'elle nest pas incluse dans La Loi sur le multiculturalisme). Un but secondaire du cours sera de montrer que le problème de multiculturalisme au Canada demeure toujours un sujet de discussion.
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Reading list
Required Texts:Clarke, George Elliot. Eying the North Star: Directions in Afro-Canadian-Literature. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1997. (Selections)
King, Thomas. All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Native Writing. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1990. (Selections)
Kogawa, Joy. Obasan. Toronto: Penguin, 1983.
King, Thomas. All My Relations: An Anthology of Contemporary Native Writing. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1990. (Selections)
Kogawa, Joy. Obasan. Toronto: Penguin, 1983.
Association in the course directory
VL 120, VL 220, VL 230
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