2003-2004                                                                                                                                                     J.M. Zezulka

Prescription:        First term essay: 2000 words (20%)
                          Second term essay: 2500 words (30%)
                          Please arrange for  extensions before the Due Date.
                          Close Reading: 10 Minute Seminar on Assigned Poem  15% of the Final Grade
                          Final examination  35% of the Final Grade

Schedule of  Lectures and Assignments

Sept.   8     Introduction
         10     Exploration Narratives: Kelsey, Hearne, Henry, MacKenzie, Thompson, in Early Writing in Canada (EWC)
         15     Exploration cont’d. The Sublime and the Picturesque: Brooke, Jameson,, in EWC
         17     Moodie, Parr-Traill in EWC
         22     Cary, Goldsmith, in EWC
         24     Haliburton in EWC
         29     Richardson, Wacousta
Oct.    1     Richardson
           6     Crawford, in EWC
           8     Roberts, in EWC
         13     Thanksgiving
         15     Roberts
         20     Lampman, in EWC
         22     Lampman
         27     D.C. Scott, in EWC
         29     D.C. Scott
Nov.   3     Duncan, The Imperialist;  Leacock, Sunshine Sketches     First Essay Due
           5      Seminar 1
         10     Pratt, in Moderns and Contemporaries (MC)
         12     Seminar 2
         17     McGill Movement: Smith and F.R. Scott in MC
         19     Seminar 3
         24     Realism and Naturalism; Grove, Settlers of the Marsh
         26     Seminar 4
Dec.    1     Ross, As For Me and My House
           3     Ross

Jan.     5     Klein, in MC
           7     Birney, in MC
         12     Layton, in MC
         14     Seminar 5
         19     Buckler, The Mountain and the Valley
         21     Seminar 6
         26     Buckler; Page, in MC
         28     Seminar 7
Feb.    2     Avison, in MC
           4     Seminar 8
           9     Newlove, in MC
         11     Seminar 9
         16    TISH, Davey, selections from Bowering, Wah, Marlatt, in MC
         18     Seminar 10
  Conference Week
Mar.   1     Purdy, Atwood  in MC
           3     Seminar 11               Second Essay Due
           8     Laurence, The Diviners
         10     Seminar 12
         15     Kroetsch, in MC
         17     Kroetsch, The Studhorse Man
         22     Brand, Nourbese Philip, in MC
         24     Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
         29      Ondaatje
         31      King, Green Grass, Running Water
April   5     King
           7     Recap.

         J.M Zezulka         Office Hours                                        jzezulka@uwo.ca
         U.C. 267              Tues. 10:00-11:30
                                      Wed 10:00-11:30
                                      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.