AJ18054 Canadian Peacekeeping Fictions

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Joel Martineau, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Prajznerová, M.A., Ph.D. (deputy)
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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Syllabus
  • Canada occupies some odd global niches. We are militarily puny, economically anemic, and the Czechs often beat us at hockey. But our literature sparkles. This three-week intensive course will begin by noting that most recent prize-winning Canadian novels have been set outside Canada. They tend to use a Canadian vantage to comment on distant conflicts, such as civil wars or racial and ethnic intolerance. Our course will establish national and post-national contexts for such cultural commentary and then analyze two exemplary Canadian novels. Michael Ondaatjes Anils Ghost won the Giller Prize and the Governor Generals Award in Canada, the Prix Médicis in France, and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Prize. The novel tells of a forensic anthropologist from Toronto who goes to Sri Lanka to investigate human rights violations. Her western-based ways of thinking clash with local ways. Edeet Ravels Ten Thousand Lovers was shortlisted for the Governor Generals Award. Somewhat autobiographical, this first novel tells of a woman who was born on a kibbutz, raised in Canada, and then attends university in Israel. She meets a man who works for the Israel army interrogating arrested Palestinians. They become lovers and she struggles to come to grips with his work.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 20 April to 7 May 2004.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 20 April to 7 May 2004.
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