Summer 2023 - ENGL 211 D100
The Place of the Past (3)
Class Number: 2777
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 8 – Aug 4, 2023: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Aug 17, 2023
Thu, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Mary Ann Gillies
gillies@sfu.ca
Office: AQ 6145
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Prerequisites:
12 units or one 100-division English course.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Examines literature and language within specific social, cultural, geographical, and textual environments to explore the mutually informing relationship between history and text. May be further organized by historical period, genre, or critical approach. Breadth-Humanities.
COURSE DETAILS:
The historical novel has long been popular with readers and authors, but it has enjoyed a much less favourable reception from critics and scholars alike. Yet this genre of fiction is often readers primary or only introduction to events, peoples, and places from the past. In this course, the novels we’ll read showcase different varieties of this type of fiction and challenge the critical marginalization of this genre. We will read, discuss, and analyze these texts with a view to assessing the ways that the past is used, and sometimes abused, by their authors.
Grading
- Seminar Participation (including quizzes, attendance and participation) 15%
- Close Readings (take place in lecture: 2 @ 15% each) 30%
- Essay (6-8 pages) 25%
- Final Exam 30%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
See, Lisa Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Random House
King, Laurie R. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. Picador
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, et al. This Place: 150 Years Retold. Portage & Main Press
Cullinane, Jonothan Red Herring Harper Collins*
NB: Texts will be read in the order listed; students would be well advised to begin See’s Snow Flower and the Fan prior the first class since it is a longer novel.
* The edition of Red Herring we will use is an ebook and you will need to purchase that from an online book provider (Amazon, Google Play, Indigo etc.)
REQUIRED READING NOTES:
Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.
Department Undergraduate Notes:
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Registrar Notes:
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RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION
Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the semester are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.