Recent Canadian Literature in German Secondary and Higher

Recent Canadian Literature in German Secondary and Higher

Fortbildung Weilburg (November 2004)
Recent Canadian Literature in German Secondary and Higher Education
Wolfram R. Keller (Marburg)
1. Canadian Literature
ß North American Literature
ß Commonwealth Literature / New Literatures in English
ß Canadian Literature
2. Canadian Literary History: An Overview
ß Historical situation
ß Franco-Canadian Literature
ß Literature of Discovery (1750-1830)
ß Colonial Literature (1763-1867)
ß Dominion (1867-1914) [Confederation Poets]
ß Modernism (1914-1949)
ß "Literary Renaissance" (1949-67)
ß Contemporary Literature (1967-)
3. Recent Developments in Canadian Literature
3.1.Canadian identity
John Robert Colombo, "A Canadian Is Somebody Who"
Thinks he knows how to make love in a canoe
Bets on the Toronto Maple Leafs
Enjoys Air Canada dinners, desserts and all
Distinguishes between Wayne and Shuster
Attends the concerts of Anne Murray and Liona Boyd
Boasts Donald Sutherland was born in New Brunswick
Possesses "a sound sense of the possible"
Is sesquilingual (speaks one and a half languages)
Has become North American without becoming
Either American or Mexican
Knows what the references in this poem are all about
3.2.Regional / National / Postnational Literature
ß Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief
ß Russell Smith, Noise
ß Alice Munro, Open Secrets
ß Thomas King, Green Grass, Running Water
ß Carol Shields, Stone Diaries
ß Robert Kroetsch, The Studhorse Man
ß Rudy Wiebe, A Discovery of Strangers
ß Jack Hodgins, The Invention of the World: A Novel
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3.3.Multicultural /Ethnic Literature
ß Ishmael Alunik, Call Me Ishmael
ß Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters: A Play in Two Acts
ß Sky Lee, Disappearing Moon Cafe
ß Eli Mandel, Family Romance
ß Suzette Mayr, The Widows
ß Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
ß Nino Ricci, Lives of the Saints
ß Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version
ß M.J. Vassanji, No New Land
4. Resources for Teaching Canadian Literature in Germany
4.1. Anthologies
4.1.1. Multigeneric anthologies
ß Düsterhaus, Gerhard, and Rolf Franzbecker, eds. Canada – Regions and Literature:
Student's Book. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1987.
ß Kuester, Martin, ed. Canadian Studies: A Literary Approach. Bochum: Brockmeyer,
1995.
ß Petrone, Penny, ed. First People, First Voices. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
1991.
ß Rau, Albert. Glimpses of Canada. Frankfurt/Main: Cornelsen Hirschgraben, 1991.
4.1.2. Short Fiction
ß Müller, Klaus-Peter, ed. Contemporary Canadian Short Stories: Atwood, Findley,
MacLeod, Munro, Richler, Valgardson, Wiebe. Stuttgart: Reclam, 1990.
ß Nischik, Reingard M., ed. American and Canadian Short Stories. Paderborn:
Schöningh, 1994.
ß Nischik, Reingard M., and Regina Lehr, eds. American and Canadian Short Stories:
Interpretations and Supplementary Material. Paderborn: Schöningh, 1996.
4.1.3. Drama
ß Wasserman, Jerry, ed. Modern Canadian Plays. 4th ed. 2 vols. Vancouver, B.C.:
Talonbooks, 2000-01.
4.1.4. Poetry
ß Atwood, Margaret, ed. The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse in English. Oxford:
OUP, 1985.
4.2. Editions for Classroom Use
ß Beissel, Henry. Inook and the Sun. Ed. Albert-Reiner Glaap. Frankfurt/Main:
Diesterweg, 1988.
ß Chislett, Anne. Flippin' In. Ed. Albert-Reiner Glaap. Berlin: Cornelsen, 2000.
ß Laurence, Margaret. The Stone Angel. Ed. Albert-Reiner Glaap and Ingrid Ross.
Berlin: Cornelsen, 1993.
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4.3. Recent Canadian Literature
ß Galluccio, Steve. Mambo Italiano. Vancouver, B.C.: Talonbooks, 2004.
ß Martel, Yann. Life of Pi. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, 2001.
ß Shields, Carol. Dressing Up for the Carnival. London: Fourth Estate, 2000.
ß Vanderhaeghe, Guy. The Englishman's Boy. 1996. New York: Picador, 1998.
4.4. Teaching Aids / Lesson Plans
ß Antor, Heinz. "Die Vermittlung interkultureller Kompetenz an der Universität: Das
Beispiel Kanada." Interkulturelle Kompetenz: Konzepte und Praxis des Unterrichts.
Ed. Laurenz Volkmann, Klaus Stierstorfer, and Wolfgang Gehring. Tübingen: Narr,
2002. 143-63.
ß Enter, Hans, and Hartmut Lutz. "Nordamerikanische Literatur im Englischunterricht
an deutschen Schulen." Fremdsprachenunterricht 40/49.5 (1996): 359-71.
ß Gulden, Brigitte K. "'Aca nada' oder 'Kanata': Kanadische Literatur im
Englischunterricht der gymnasialen Oberstufe." Kanada: Geschichte, Politik, Kultur.
Ed. Wolfgang Klooß and Hartmut Lutz. Gulliver 19. Berlin: Argument-Verlag, 1986.
13-30.
ß Groß, Konrad. "Kanada in Lehrplänen und Lehrwerken für das Fach Englisch."
Internationale Schulbuchforschung 12.2 (1990): 173-90.
ß Korte, Barbara. "Man and Nature: Suggestions for a Treatment of Anglo-Canadian
Poetry in the German Classroom." Mediating Cultures: Probleme des Kulturtransfers.
Beispiele pragmatischer Kulturvermittlung. Ed. Norbert H. Platz. Essen: Blaue Eule,
1992. 77-86.
ß Kuester, Martin. "Kanadische Studien aus literarischer Sicht: Ein landeskundliches
Projekt." Mediating Cultures: Probleme des Kulturtransfers. Beispiele pragmatischer
Kulturvermittlung. Ed. Norbert H. Platz. Essen: Blaue Eule, 1992. 100-05.
ß Nischik, Reingard M. "Multiculturalism in Canadian Culture: A Didactic Approach."
Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 20.1 (2000): 27-40.
ß Rau, Albert, and Albert-Reiner Glaap, "Canada: A 'toronto' for Students of English."
Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien 13.2 (1993): 107-25.
4.5. Reference and Canadian Themes
4.5.1. Literary History and Reference
ß Davidson, Arnold E., ed. Studies on Canadian Literature: Introductory and Critical
Essays. New York: MLA, 1990.
ß Klooß, Wolfgang. "Die englischsprachige Literatur." Kanada: Eine interdisziplinäre
Einführung. Ed. Hans Braun, and Wolfgang Klooß. Trier: WVT, 1992. 169-92.
ß Kuester, Martin. "Canadian Literature in English." Companion to the New Literatures
in English. Ed. Christa Jansohn. Berlin: Schmidt, 2002. 202-32.
ß New, W.H. A History of Canadian Literature. 2nd ed. Montreal: McGill-Queen's
University Press, 2003.
ß Toye, William, and Eugene Benson, eds. Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature.
2nd ed. Toronto: OUP, 1997.
ß Pache, Walter. "Literatur Kanadas – die andere nordamerikanische Literatur."
Amerikanische Literaturgeschichte. Ed. Hubert Zapf. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1997. 520-60.
ß Kröller, Eva-Marie, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature.
Cambridge: CUP, 2004.
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4.5.2. Canadian (Literary) Themes
ß Bissoondath, Neil. Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada. Toronto:
Penguin, 1994.
ß Bonheim, Helmut. "Models of Canadianness." New Worlds: Discovering and
Constructing the Unknown in Anglophone Literature. Ed. Martin Kuester, Gabriele
Christ, and Rudolf Beck. München: Vögel, 2000. 51-71.
ß Groß, Konrad. "Zum Problem der kanadischen Identität." Kanada: Eine
interdisziplinäre Einführung. Ed. Hans Braun, and Wolfgang Klooß. Trier: WVT,
1992. 193-205.
ß Hinz, Evelyn J. "What is Multiculturalism? A 'Cognitive' Introduction." Mosaic 29.3
(1996): vii-xiii.
ß Kuester, Martin, and Wolfram R. Keller. "Beyond Fleur de Lis and Maple Leaf:
Ethnicity in Contemporary Canadian Literature." Writing Canadians: The Literary
Construction of Ethnic Identity. Ed. Martin Kuester, and Wolfram R. Keller. Marburg:
Universitätsbibliothek, 2002. 9-27.
ß Pache, Walter. "Auf der Suche nach Identität: Zur Situation der englisch-kanadischen
Literatur." Akzente 23 (1976): 196-216.
ß Schäfer, Jürgen. "Auf dem Weg zur Nationalliteratur: Die Suche nach Symbolen."
Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Kanada-Studien 3.1 (1983): 29-37.
4.6. Electronic Resources
ß Canadian Studies: A Guide to Resources <http://www.iccs-ciec.ca/blackwell.html>.
ß Education Canada: Canada in the EFL-classroom <http://www.education-canada.de>.
ß Database of Online Canadiana (DOC) <http://www.ub.uni-marburg.de/digibib/
canadiana.php>.
5. Questions / Discussion
Wolfram R. Keller
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Philipps-Universität Marburg
D-35032 Marburg
<kellerw@staff.uni-marburg.de>