{"id":409,"date":"2010-11-17T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T14:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/?p=409"},"modified":"2011-07-29T16:01:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T16:01:45","slug":"hockey-and-canadian-literature-january-3-14-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulwmartin.ca\/blog\/?p=409","title":{"rendered":"Hockey and Canadian Literature – January 3-14 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a description of my upcoming Winter Session class on hockey and Canadian literature, which runs from January 3-14th 2011.<\/p>\n

“Hero of the Play”: Hockey in Canadian Literature<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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While hockey is undoubtedly a quintessential part of Canadian identity, it is mostly absent from\u00c2\u00a0Canadian fiction and poetry until the publication of Roch Carrier’s iconic short story “The Hockey Sweater” in 1978. Over the last thirty years,\u00c2\u00a0however, hockey has proven to become a rich source of inspiration for some of Canada’s best writers of fiction and poetry. <\/span><\/div>\n

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In this compressed two-credit\u00c2\u00a0online course we will read and discuss some of the most important fiction and poetry about hockey to emerge during this period. We will also spend time\u00c2\u00a0considering the extensive connections between hockey and Canada’s national identity, which is reflected in everything from the ubiquitous outdoor\u00c2\u00a0rinks in nearly every neighborhood across the country to the presence of a passage from “The Hockey Sweater” on the back of Canada’s five-dollar bill. <\/span><\/div>\n

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While this is certainly a course for fans of the game, it is also designed to be a course for those fascinated by the intersections between literature and\u00c2\u00a0culture. Some knowledge of hockey and Canada will be helpful but is not essential in any way to one’s enjoyment of this course. Reading list will\u00c2\u00a0include two volumes of poetry (Hero of the Play<\/em>, by Richard Harrison, and <\/span>Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems, by Randall Maggs), two novels (\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<\/span>King\u00c2\u00a0Leary<\/em>, by Paul Quarrington; and Twenty Miles<\/em>, by Cara Hedley) and one of the best known Canadian short stories <\/span>“The Hockey Sweater,” by Roch Carrier.<\/span><\/div>\n

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This is an online class. From Monday through Friday over two weeks students will need to log in to Blackboard each day, read online lectures, and respond both to online writing prompts and to the writing of their fellow students. \u00c2\u00a0An essay drawing on the readings will be due no later than one week after the last day of our classes. Because of the intensive nature of this course, students are advised to have most, if not all, of the books read ahead of time.<\/span><\/div>\n

Books can be purchased at the UVM bookstore or online. \u00c2\u00a0Please note, though, that King Leary<\/em> is not available in the United States. \u00c2\u00a0I will be ordering copies in from Canada that you can purchase from me in my office (321 Old Mill)\u00c2\u00a0\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf<\/span> or you can order them from Amazon Canada (amazon.ca)<\/span>. \u00c2\u00a0Make sure to buy this from me before leaving for the Christmas break. \u00c2\u00a0If you live in the Burlington area, of course, you can buy it from through the end of December.<\/span><\/p>\n

Registration opens for this class on November 22. \u00c2\u00a0Please visit <\/span>http:\/\/learn.uvm.edu<\/a><\/span> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n


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If you have any questions about this class, please email\u00c2\u00a0Paul.Martin@uvm.edu<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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