ENGL 125 S15N02 Outline
Vancouver Island University
English 125 (02): University Writing and Research
Time: Tue and Thu 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Location: 345-209
Professor: Jeannie Martin
Office: Bldg 345 Rm 206
Phone: 753-3245 Local 2775
Email: jeannie.martin@viu.ca (preferred)
Office Hours: Tue, Wed, Thur 10:00-11:00 am and by appointment
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. ― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
It has been said that travelling is the best education for life. When we travel we learn about new places, new cultures, and new ways of living, thinking, and being. Stepping beyond the borders of our own communities, we begin to understand the world differently. Of course not all of us are in a position to travel physically. But in stories, it has also been said, we can go to new places and meet new people, and in the process we expand our horizons. This introduction to literature and culture taps into our desire to know more about the world. Our travel itinerary will take us to many places both inside and outside our national borders. In the course of our literary travels, our goal will acknowledge local and cultural differences while at the same time drawing connections between the unfamiliar world and that of our own.
CourseTexts:
1. Chalykoff, Lisa, Neta Gordon, and Paul Lumsden, eds. The Broadview Introduction to Literature: Short Fiction. (BV)
2. Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Sommers. A Canadian Writer’s Reference. 5th ed. (CWR)
3. Hornung, Eva. Dog Boy.
Objectives and Expectations:
Through lectures, workshops, discussion, research, and writing students will explore the relationship between literature and its historical and cultural contexts engage with a range of voices within and across cultures develop analytic skills by attending closely to textual elements and drawing connections between resulting ideas improve essay writing skills, including summary and synthesis, organization, citation, and
English 125 (02): University Writing and Research
Time: Tue and Thu 11:30 am-1:00 pm
Location: 345-209
Professor: Jeannie Martin
Office: Bldg 345 Rm 206
Phone: 753-3245 Local 2775
Email: jeannie.martin@viu.ca (preferred)
Office Hours: Tue, Wed, Thur 10:00-11:00 am and by appointment
Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home. ― Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
It has been said that travelling is the best education for life. When we travel we learn about new places, new cultures, and new ways of living, thinking, and being. Stepping beyond the borders of our own communities, we begin to understand the world differently. Of course not all of us are in a position to travel physically. But in stories, it has also been said, we can go to new places and meet new people, and in the process we expand our horizons. This introduction to literature and culture taps into our desire to know more about the world. Our travel itinerary will take us to many places both inside and outside our national borders. In the course of our literary travels, our goal will acknowledge local and cultural differences while at the same time drawing connections between the unfamiliar world and that of our own.
CourseTexts:
1. Chalykoff, Lisa, Neta Gordon, and Paul Lumsden, eds. The Broadview Introduction to Literature: Short Fiction. (BV)
2. Hacker, Diana, and Nancy Sommers. A Canadian Writer’s Reference. 5th ed. (CWR)
3. Hornung, Eva. Dog Boy.
Objectives and Expectations:
Through lectures, workshops, discussion, research, and writing students will explore the relationship between literature and its historical and cultural contexts engage with a range of voices within and across cultures develop analytic skills by attending closely to textual elements and drawing connections between resulting ideas improve essay writing skills, including summary and synthesis, organization, citation, and