http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/ 2009-11-19T12:41:42-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/alternate_assignment_2009.php Here's the alternate assignment in lieu of participating the Ottawa trip, which is worth 5% of your final grade. As mentioned in class, attending either the Randall Maggs or Joseph Boyden reading also counted as an alternate assignment. Go to... pwmartin 2009-11-19T12:41:42-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/mauve_desert_blog_prompt.php Choose a passage from the "Mauve, the Horizon" section of Mauve Desert and compare it to its counterpart in "Mauve Desert" by Laure Angstelle. How has it changed in the translation. What is the significance of these changes? Does the... pwmartin 2009-11-17T12:21:04-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/in_preparation_for_our_class_with_randall_maggs.php In preparation for Randall Maggs' visit to UVM, here are a few things I'd like you to watch that tell us a few things about the connection between hockey and Canadian literature. First, this video includes interviews with authors Randall... pwmartin 2009-11-10T16:01:41-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/canadian_poet_randall_maggs_reading_at_uvm_on_november_12.php POETRY READING BY RANDALL MAGGS Thursday, November 12, 4:30 PM John Dewey Lounge, Old Mill Randall Maggs is the author of two collections, Timely Departures (1994) and Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems (2008) and co-editor of two anthologies pairing... pwmartin 2009-11-10T12:03:13-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/midterm_information.php Our midterm, originally scheduled for today, will now take place on Tuesday, November 3. Here's what the exam will look like. There will be four passages identification questions that will cover the first four books we have read in this... pwmartin 2009-10-29T12:42:48-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/update_on_our_schedule.php Today's final class on Running in the Family is now posted for you to read on BlackBoard. To access our course, simply go to http://bb.uvm.edu and look for our course name listed under the courses in which you are currently... pwmartin 2009-10-27T15:38:31-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/ondaatje_blog_prompt_2009.php Here's a chance for you to discuss one of your favourite parts of Running in the Family. When writing about the passage you choose, make sure to address the following questions: What did you like about this passage? Be specific... pwmartin 2009-10-27T15:19:27-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/the_diviners_blog_prompt_2009.php Over the first few days of our discussion of The Diviners, we talked a lot about metafiction, memory, and the power of myth. What do you think are some of the other major themes in this book? Provide quotations from... pwmartin 2009-10-13T09:37:53-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/three_day_road_blog_prompt.php We had some excellent discussion in class about some of the major themes in this novel. I thought you all did excellent work in groups, too, digging up quotations that connect to the themes we discussed. As we saw in... pwmartin 2009-10-06T11:11:11-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/next_episode_blogging_prompt.php Next Episode is a challenging book for us, not only in terms of its form and use of language, but also in terms of trying to understand its socio-political context. Now that you've had a chance to reflect on the... pwmartin 2009-09-29T08:18:52-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/introductions.php Using your first name only, tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? What brought you to this class? What do you know about Canada? Do you have any questions about the class that I didn't answer today?... pwmartin 2009-09-01T12:40:06-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/syllabus_from_english_180_spring_2009.php English 180: Topics in Canadian Literature: Women Writers from Canada ENGS 180 A: 0100-0215pm, T/R, TERRIL 308 ENGS 180 Z1: 4:05-7:05 PM, Weds., A303 Old Mill Annex From the beginnings of Canada’s literary history, women writers have played a key... pwmartin 2009-08-31T23:16:36-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/fall_2009_syllabus.php I'll have the fall 2009 syllabus posted by August 31.[Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]... pwmartin 2009-08-19T21:04:28-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/in_the_news_pope_apologizes_for_abuse_at_residential_schools.php We spoke at length about the residential schools in class. Here's some news on that front from today's Globe and Mail... pwmartin 2009-04-29T10:03:50-05:00 http://pwmartin.blog.uvm.edu/180/archives/what_we_all_long_for_blog_prompt_2009.php Here's your assignment for our discussion of Dionne Brand's novel What We All Long For. Pick one of the main characters in the novel and answer the following questions: What is it this character longs for? Does he or she... pwmartin 2009-04-27T10:05:03-05:00