ENGL 359- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 359
• Professor: David Stouck

Document Summary

First writings in bc are from travel records of europeans. Fray juan crespi accompanied by juan perez in 1774. James cook wrote a voyage to the pacific ocean (1776) George vancouver"s voyage of discovery to the north pacific ocean (1790-95) Jewitt was captured by maquina, the hereditary chief of the nootka. Main focus on the confrontations between europeans and first nations. Often depicts brutality by the first nations and the sufferings of. God"s mercy and desire for mercy play a part. Observance of strange culture (food, clothing, behaviours) Defied victorian conventions - seen through her desire to leave home to study art. Orphaned in her teens and enrolled in the california school of design in san. Painter - began painting the vanishing life of aboriginal people in 1908. Was unsuccessful in painting career at first and started a boarding house and raised numerous animals of various types. Modestly seen during her time but is now seen with much higher regard.