ENGL200B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Caribbean Literature, Northrop Frye

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL200B
• Professor: Dorothy Hadfield

Document Summary

Upon successful completion of this module students will: Articulate what the canon is and what reasons there are for a historical survey of. Analyze brief reactions to the canon and to the study of english by an irish, a kenyan, and a west indian writer. Recognize the three historical periods to be discussed in the course as constructs and tools. Evaluate the idea of a historical study of british literature. Examines 3 periods of literature romantic, victorian, and modern. The canon comes from the greek root : hollow rod or reed used for measuring, a ruler, a standard. A way of evaluating, a standard or a rule of law. 4th century christian church began institutionalizing itself into a form or a body that made certain beliefs central or true: along with that came the formation of the bible. Bible is made up of separate books/stories written over the course of several centuries.