Next Episode

What are your first reactions to Aquin's Next Episode? What did you notice most about the book? What questions do you have that you would like us to consider in our class discussions?

For those who didn't get a chance to attend Sunshine and Shadows

Here's your make-up assignment. Sorry for the delay in coming up with this....

As a producer and director, James Douglas has championed new works of Canadian theatre. Given that we're focusing only on fiction in our course, I thought this would be a great opportunity for you to do a bit of research on Canadian theatre.

So, using your best internet or library research skills, search out a Canadian play and in 150 words or more tell us a bit about it. Include the URLs or publication information of the sources you use. (You could also decide to focus on a Canadian playwright)

Alternate assignment in lieu of Ottawa trip

Here's the alternate assignment in lieu of participating the Ottawa trip, which is worth 5% of your final grade.

Go to the library and locate a short story by a Canadian writer. Write a short review of the story (a minimum of 250 words) and post it here on the blog (in the comments on this post).

A couple of quick tips: While you might want to tell us what happens in the story (the plot), this should be a very small part of your review. Your main focus should be on what you think the story is about and what you found most interesting about the work.

The other tip is that when you find the short story in the library, make a photocopy of it so that the book it's from can remain on the shelves. That will be of help to your classmates.