AJ28050 Canadian Women Writers

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Thomas Donaldson Sparling, B.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Canadian literature is remarkable for the number and prominence of its women writers. This course will look at the work of a representative selection, mostly from the last thirty years, and including native-born Canadian women and immigrants, those from the main stream and members of ethnic minorities, traditional and more experimental writers. Their poetry and prose cover a wide range of situations - falling in love, marriage and pregnancy and divorce, the mother-daughter relationship, growing old and dying - all seen from a woman's perspective. Literature: M. Lawrence, The Stone Angel.
Syllabus
  • Canadian literature is remarkable for the number and prominence of its women writers. This course will look at the work of a representative selection, mostly from the last thirty years, and including native-born Canadian women and immigrants, those from the main stream and members of ethnic minorities, traditional and more experimental writers. Their poetry and prose cover a wide range of situations - falling in love, marriage and pregnancy and divorce, the mother-daughter relationship, growing old and dying - all seen from a woman's perspective. Literature: M. Lawrence, The Stone Angel.
Literature
  • LAURENCE, Margaret. The stone angel. NCL Classic ed. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1982, x, 308 s. ISBN 0-7710-9159-1. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: class participation, in-class test, essay / Hodnocení: aktivní účast, test, esej.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Credit evaluation note: 2 původní kredity.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999.
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