Canadian Memoir

ENGL 2190 T32

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Reading SChedule

(Subject to slight changes; please check this page for the most up-to-date information about the materials we will be discussing on each class day).

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January

6 Introduction

8 Sven Birkerts, excerpt from The Art of Time in Memoir (Course Pack).

10 Virginia Woolf, “A Sketch of the Past” (Course Pack).

13 Joan Didion, “After Life” (Course Pack).

15 Fred Wah, Diamond Grill.

17 Diamond Grill, continued.

20 Writer/Storyteller-in-Residence Rob Malo Class Visit. Class meets at Rm 108 St. John’s College Today.

22 Diamond Grill, continued.

24 Diamond Grill, continued.

27 Maria Campbell, Halfbreed.

29 Halfbreed, continued.

31 Halfbreed, continued. Also read "I write this for all of you": Recovering the Unpublished RCMP "Incident" in Maria Campbell's Halfbreed (1973)” by Deanna Reder and Alix Shield. Published in Canadian Literature vol. 237, April 2019. (Part of the assignment is that you need to find this article through the U of M Libraries web portal).

February

3 Halfbreed, continued.

5 Patrick Lane, There is a Season.

7 In-class essay.

10 There is a Season, continued.

12 There is a Season, continued.

14 There is a Season, continued.

16-20 BREAK—No classes.

23 Jenny Heijun Wills, Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.

25 Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related, continued.

27 Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related, continued.

March

2 Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related, continued. Memory Piece assignment due.

4 Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related, continued. Also: Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, The Survivors Speak, pages 1-32 (available for free download here.)

6 The Survivors Speak, continued.

9 Shirley Sterling, My Name is Seepeetza.

11 My Name is Seepeetza, continued.

13 Optional Class Meeting to discuss plans for moving online to complete the rest of the term

16 NO CLASS (Following President Barnard’s announcement on March 13). I will send students a “test” online lecture today. Please let me know if you do not receive it or you have trouble opening it.

18 My Name is Seepeetza, continued. Lecture notes and audio lecture now posted in Online Lecture folder.

20 Michael Ondaatje, Running in the Family. Read to at least p. 82 for today.

23 Running in the Family, continued. Read to at least p. 144 for today.

25 Running in the Family, continued. Finish the memoir for today.

27 Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries. Read to at least p. 118 for today.

30 The Stone Diaries, continued. Read to at least p. 195 for today.

April

1 The Stone Diaries, continued. Finish the novel for today.

3 The Stone Diaries, continued.

4 Term Paper Due (by email).

6 Conclusion and Review.