An introduction to contemporary Canadian writing in both established and experimental forms. The focus of the course will be on recurrent themes, images, and writing strategies in Canadian writing from 1970 to the present, and on their relationship to both Canadian literary traditions and international currents of thought.

    Texts:

    Anderson-Dargatz               The Cure for Death by Lightning                                 Knopf
    Atwood.                              The Handmaid's Tale                                                   Seal
    Bowering                             Burning Water                                                             Penguin
    Findley                                Not Wanted on the Voyage                                           Penguin
    Kogawa                                Obasan                                                                         Penguin
    Ondaatje                             Collected Works of Billy the Kid                                   Anansi
    Steffler                                The Afterlife of George Cartwright                               McClelland & Stewart
    Urquhart                              The Whirlpool                                                               McLelland & Stewart
    Vanderhaeghe                      The Englishman's Boy                                                   McClelland & Stewart
    Zezulka, ed.                         Short Stories and Long Poems:
                                               A Supplementary Anthology for English 160E              UWO Bookstore