Studies in Canadian Literature

Upon completion of any first-year English literature course, the successful student should be able to

1. read receptively and reflectively, with sensitivity to the subtleties of language;
2. recognize and understand literary devices;
3. practice writing as a process involving pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing;
4. write an essay of literary analysis that develops an interpretive thesis supported by appropriate and correctly cited evidence; and
5. give and receive constructive criticism about written work.

Upon completion of English 1101, the successful student should also be able to understand 

1. some of the wide variety of themes and focuses in Canadian writing, such as immigrant experiences, ethnic heterogeneity, post colonialism, regional diversity, and relationships with the natural environment;
2. the shifting nature of Canadian identity and of the Canadian literary canon; and
3. the positioning of Canadian literary culture(s) in global contexts.