ENGL 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mary Louise Pratt, Mohawk Language, Neutral Nation
12 Jan 2017
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We/i would like to being with acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the attawandaron (neutral). This territoty is covered by the upper canada treaties . Many of the texts in this course are not necessarily canadian literature in that the authors and publishers were outside of canada. Since looking at the founding, there is no. Anthro. argues that oral narrative are part of literature, and that the indigenous peoples did play an active role in the creation and defining of what is canada/canadian". Moment of creation seen as the key founding event. Exploring narratives provide set themes and tropes which will be repeated throughout. 19th c. literature: come from the age of discovery, 16th c where there was expansion into territories seen as unknown to europe (beyond europe some were already aware of the new world")
