2003-2004                                                                                                                                               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%)

Sept.   4         Introduction
           9         Introduction
         11         Dennis Lee
         16         Bowering  “A Short Story”
         18         Schroeder, “The Roller Rink”
         23         Nowlan
         25         Ondaatje, The Collected Works of Billy the Kid
         30         Ondaatje
Oct.    2         Seminar on essay writing; format, footnotes, quotations, etc.
           7         Bowering, Burning Water
           9         Bowering
         14         Atwood, poetry
         16         Atwood, poetry
         21         Wallace            First Essay Due
         23         Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
         28         Atwood
         30       TISH, Williams, Olson, and the Canadian Long Poem
Nov.   4         Newlove
           6         Purdy
         11         Purdy
         13         Suknaski, Zieroth
         18         Kroetsch, Seed Catalogue
         20         Kroetsch           First Essay Rewrite Due
         25       Mid-Term Test (in class)
         27         McKay, Long Sault
Dec.   2         McKay

Jan.     6         Concrete poetry, Nichol
           8         Bissett, Rosenblatt
         13         Kogawa, Obasan
         15         Kogawa
         20         Marlatt, Steveston
         22         Marlatt
         27         Urquhart, The Whirlpool
         29         Urquhart,
Feb.    3         Virgo, Deathwatch on Skidegate Narrows
           5         Virgo
         10         Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright
         12         Steffler
         17         Brand, No Language is Neutral
         19         Brand            Second Essay Due
Conference Week
Mar.   2         Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman’s Boy
           4         Vanderhaeghe
           9         Wiebe, “Where Is the Voice Coming From?”
         11         King, “One Good Story, That One”
         16         Anderson-Dargatz, The Cure For Death By Lightning
         18         Anderson-Dargatz
         23         Griggs, “Man with the Axe”
         25         Findley, Not Wanted on the Voyage
         30         Findley
April   1         Lane
           6         Crozier
           8         Recap.

J.M. Zezulka        Office Hours                                           Melina Baum-Singer   Office Hours
jzezulka@uwo.ca                                                                "Melina Baum-Singer" <zeit14@hotmail.com
U.C. 267          Tues:  10:00-11:30                                          U.C.  168                Tues. 10:00-12:00
                        Wed:  10:00-11:30                                                                          Thurs: 11:00-12:00
                        Or by appointment                                                                         Or by appointment
                        or chance
 

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.