ENGLISH 1H03 - Words in Place

3 unit(s)

Many public ceremonies in Canada now include acknowledgements of whose land we are meeting on. What does it mean to acknowledge the people and the place where we live and work? How do places come into focus when we write and speak about them? This introductory course examines oral narratives, art, poetry, film, documentary, fiction, and/or literary non-fiction that emphasize the dynamics of particular places in relation to Indigenous and colonial histories; diasporic histories of movement, displacement, emigration and immigration; natural, economic, and political geographies; as well as the particular languages – i.e. different Englishes, Indigenous languages – that places give rise to. Considerable emphasis will be placed on the development of critical skills in reading and writing.
Two lectures, one tutorial; one term