This course is designed to assist the student in reading creative works by some major Canadian authors, with discussion of the history from 1760 to the present and of the more significant tendencies, attitudes, and techniques of our literature.

Texts:  Students are advised to check with their instructors before purchasing texts; the list below prescribes the texts for use in J.M. Zezulka's section of the course only.

Buckler, Ernest.                 The Mountain and the Valley                                       NCL
Duncan, Sarah J.                The Imperialist                                                               Tecumseh
Grove, Frederick                 Settlers of the Marsh                                                     NCL
King, Thomas                     Green Grass, Running Water                                        Perennial
Kroetsch, Robert                The Studhorse Man                                                        Random House
Laurence, M.                      The Diviners                                                                  McClelland & Stewart
Leacock, Stephen               Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town                                NCL
Ondaatje, Michael               In the Skin of a Lion                                                      McClelland & Stewart
Richardson, John                 Wacousta                                                                       Carlton U P
Ross, Sinclair                      As for Me and My House NCL

Bentley, D.M.R ed.               Early Writing in Canada. [Anthology for 274E]              UWO Bookstore

Zezulka J.M. ed.                   Moderns and Contemporaries: Canadian Poetry
                                            from 1900 to the Present. [Anthology for 274E]             UWO Bookstore