The University of Western Ontario

    English 160E: Contemporary Canadian Literature

2006-2007    J.M. Zezulka

Prescription:    First term essay: 2000 words (20% with rewrite)
                      Second term essay: 2500 words (25%)
                      Mid-term test, in class (20%)
                     Final Exam (35%)

    Schedule of Lectures and Assignments

Sept.      7    Introduction
            12    Introduction
            14    Dennis Lee
            19    Bowering  “A Short Story”                   
            21    Bowering cont’d; Schroeder, “The Roller Rink”
            26    Nowlan
            28    Ondaatje, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
Oct.       3    Ondaatje
              5    Seminar on essay writing; format, footnotes, quotations, etc.
            10    Kroetsch, Badlands
            12    Kroetsch
            17    Atwood, poetry   
            19    Atwood, poetry
            24    Wallace        First Essay Due   
            26    Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
            31    Atwood
 Nov.     2    TISH, Williams, Olson, and the Canadian Long Poem; Marlatt
             7    Newlove
             9    Purdy
           14    Purdy
           16    Suknaski, Zieroth           
           21    Kroetsch, Seed Catalogue   
           23    Kroetsch         First Essay Rewrite Due
           28    Mid-Term Test (in class)
           30    McKay, Long Sault
Dec.      5    McKay


Jan.      9    Concrete Poetry; history
           11    Performance Poetry;  nichol, bissett
           16    Rosenblatt; Poetry Slam
           18    Kogawa, Obasan
           23    Kogawa
           25    MacDonald
Feb.      1    Urquhart, The Whirlpool
             3     Urquhart,
             6    Zwicky   
             8    Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright
           13    Steffler
           15      Brand, No Language is Neutral   
           20    Brand   
           22    Wiebe, “Where Is the Voice Coming From?”    Second Essay Due
Conference Week
Mar.     6    Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman’s Boy
             8    Vanderhaeghe   
           13    King, “One Good Story, That One”
           15    Anderson-Dargatz, The Cure For Death By Lightning
            20    Anderson-Dargatz
            22    Griggs, “Man with the Axe”
            27    Findley, Not Wanted on the Voyage
            29    Findley
April      3    Lane; Murray
              5     Crozier
            10     Lau
            12     Recap

J.M. Zezulka                   Karis Shearer
U.C. 267                        U.C.122
Tues:   10:30-11:30        Tuesday 11:30am- 2:30pm,
Wed.     9:30-11:30        Or by appointment
Or by appointment          howtospeakpoetry@hotmail.com
jzezulka@uwo.ca       

Cell phones must be turned OFF in the classroom.

Plagiarism: Students must write their essays and assignments in their own words. Whenever students take an idea or a passage from another author, they must acknowledge their debt  both by using quotation marks where appropriate and by proper referencing such as footnotes or citations. Plagiarism is a major academic offence (See Scholastic Offence Policy in the Western Academic Calendar).

Plagiarism Checking: The University of Western Ontario uses software for plagiarism checking. Students may be required to submit their written work in electronic form for plagiarism checking.

Prerequisites: Unless you have the requisites for this course or written special permission from your Dean to enroll in it, you will be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary prerequisites.