I have used or will use these core texts in my fourteen “most recent” literature courses:

 

UBC 2006

English 470 G:  Reading the Rainforests

  • Braun, Bruce.  The Intemperate Rainforest: Nature, Culture, and Power on Canada’s West Coast.  U Minnesota P, 2002.
  • Grainger, M.A.  Woodsmen of the West.  1908.  McClelland & Stewart, 1996.
  • Marlatt, Daphne.  Ana Historic.  1988.  Anansi, 1997.
  • Vaillant, John.  The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed.  Knopf Canada, 2005.

 

UBC 2005

English 362:  The Literary Mapping of British Columbia

  • Mariners’ accounts by Juan Pérez, James Cook, George Dixon, John Boit and William Sturgis.
  • Ethnographies and photographs by George Dawson and Franz Boas.
  • Missionary accounts by Thomas Crosby and William Collison.
  • Fiction by M.A. Grainger and Emily Carr.

 

UBC 2005

English 222:  Fresh Canadian Literature:

  • Atwood, Margaret.  Oryx and Crake.  2003.  Seal, 2004.
  • Boyden, Joseph.  Three-Day Road.  Penguin Canada, 2005.
  • Brand, Dionne.  What We All Long For.  Knopf Canada, 2005.
  • Ye, Ting-xing.  A Leaf in the Bitter Wind.  Doubleday Canada, 1997.

 

UBC 2005

English 470 H:  Reconciling Human Rights and Atrocity:

  • Courtemanche, Gil.  A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali.  2000.  Trans. Patricia Claxton.  Vintage Canada, 2004.
  • Ondaatje, Michael. Anil’s Ghost. Vintage Canada, 2000.
  • Ravel, Edeet.  Ten Thousand Lovers.  Review, 2003.
  • Vassanji, M.G. The In-Between World of Vikram Lall.  Doubleday Canada, 2003.

 

UBC 2004

English 222:  Human Rights in Canadian Literature:

  • Kogawa, Joy. Obasan. 1981. Penguin, 1983.
  • Michaels, Anne. Fugitive Pieces. McClelland & Stewart, 1996.
  • Ravel, Edeet.  Ten Thousand Lovers.  Toronto: Review, 2003.

 

UBC 2004

English 227:  Fresh Fiction:

  • Fong Bates, Judy.  Midnight at the Dragon Café.  McClelland & Stewart, 2004.
  • Haddon, Mark.  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.  Doubleday Canada, 2003.
  • Ravel, Edeet.  Ten Thousand Lovers.  Review, 2003.
  • Vreeland, Susan.  The Forest Lover.  Viking Canada, 2003.

 

Masaryk University 2004

English AJ 28150:  Canadian Peacekeeping Fictions:

  • Ondaatje, Michael. Anil’s Ghost. Vintage Canada, 2000.
  • Ravel, Edeet.  Ten Thousand Lovers.  Review, 2003.

 

UBC 2004

English 222, sections 012 and 014:  Researching Literature in Canada:

  • Crummey, Michael. River Thieves. Anchor, 2002.
  • Ondaatje, Michael. Anil’s Ghost. Vintage Canada, 2000.
  • Ravel, Edeet.  Ten Thousand Lovers.  Review, 2003.
  • Vassanji, M.G. The In-Between World of Vikram Lall.  Doubleday Canada, 2003.
  • Wharton, Thomas. Icefields. NeWest, 1996.
  • Ye, Ting-xing. A Leaf in the Bitter Wind. Doubleday Canada, 1997.

 

UBC 2003

English 470 G:  Post-National Canadian Literature:

  • Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. Vintage Canada, 2002.
  • Michaels, Anne. Fugitive Pieces. McClelland & Stewart, 1996.
  • Mistry, Rohinton. Family Matters. McClelland & Stewart, 2002.
  • Ondaatje, Michael. Anil’s Ghost. Vintage Canada, 2000.
  • Ye, Ting-xing. A Leaf in the Bitter Wind. Doubleday Canada, 1997.

 

UBC 2003

English 470 B:  Visualizing Canadian Culture:

  • Sturken, Marita, and Lisa Cartwright. Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture. Oxford U P, 2001.

 

Masaryk University 2003

English AJ 28054:  Cultural Moments on Canada’s Pacific Coast:

  • Anderson-Dargatz, Gail. The Cure for Death by Lightning. 1996. Vintage Canada, 1997.
  • Kogawa, Joy. Obasan. 1981. Penguin, 1983.

 

UBC 2003

English 227:  West Coast Mobility Fictions:

  • Marlatt, Daphne. Ana Historic. 1988. Anansi, 1997.
  • Ng, Fae Myenne. Bone. HarperCollins, 1993.
  • Villaseñor, Victor. Macho!. Dell, 1991.

 

UBC 2002

English 470 D:  Producing BC in Words and Images:

  • Carr, Emily. Klee Wyck. Oxford U P, 1941.
  • Chong, Denise. The Concubine’s Children. 1994. Penguin, 1995.
  • Marlatt, Daphne. Ana Historic. Anansi, 1988.
  • Pollock, Sharon. The Komagata Maru Incident.
  • Reid, Bill. Solitary Raven: Selected Writings of Bill Reid. Ed. and Intro. Robert Bringhurst. Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.
  • Sharon’s journal for Producing BC in Words and Images ~ http://english470d.tripod.com/

 

UBC 2002

English 470 B:  Writing the BC Coast:

  • Hale, Amanda. Sounding the Blood. Raincoast, 2001.
  • Kogawa, Joy. Obasan. 1981. Penguin, 1983.
  • Pollock, Sharon. The Komagata Maru Incident.
  • Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. Knopf Canada, 2000.