AUENG 280 - Unsettling Early Stories of Canada

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Augustana Faculty

Focusing on writing about the land known as Canada prior to its formation as a nation, this course traces and complicates the emergence of early literatures of Canada. Situating readings within their social, historical, and political contexts, we will study diverse literary and cultural texts from a variety of genres, including Indigenous stories, European explorer narratives, travelogues, domestic manuals, political pamphlets, poetry, short stories, novels, and essays. In addition, we will read contemporary writers who speak back to early texts and will consider the role of popular media, advertising, art, and colonial policies. Topics will include indigeneity, settler colonialism, immigration, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, ability, religion, regionalism, and environment.