ENGL 700 2015 Course Outline

January

5, 7 --introductions and acknowledgements

--self analysis/autoethnography assignment

--Lheidli T’enneh language and culture

12, 14 --self analysis/autoethnography due

--First Nations at UNBC

--visit by Dr.Ross Hoffman, Chair of FN Studies

--locating postcolonial theory and discourse

19, 21 --Bev Isaac, Director First Natiosn Center UNBC

--Jennifer Pighin, Lheidli T’enneh Band Council

--place theory

--ecocriticism and posthumanism

--protocol challenge

26, 28 --visiting scholar Dr. Christine Stewart

--theory response #1 (on Smith) due (Jan 26)

--Smith, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2

February

2, 4 --Smith, Chapters 3, 4 & 5

--visiting author Derrick Denholm

--protocol development

11 --Smith, Chapters 11, 12, and Conclusion

--protocol development

--‘Story of the Salmon’ challenge

--theory response #2 (on Kovach) due (Feb 4)

----Mega Mid-Term Break----

March

2, 4 --Kovach, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2

--student seminar presentations

9, 11 --Kovach, Chapters 3, 4, & 5

--student seminar presentations

--‘Story of the Salmon’ planning

16, 18 --Kovach, Chapters 6-9, & Conclusion

--student seminar presentations

23, 25 --‘Story of the Salmon’ planning

--Decolonization, ‘Introduction’ and Simpson

April

Mar 30, 1 --Decolonization, Irlbacher-Fox

8 --self analysis/autoethnography rework due

--Khasdzoon Yusk’ut field trip

13, 15 --wrap-up of things we forgot

--class party

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