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MEG-12 English Topics Covered
Block 1 – Contexts of Canadian Writing
- Unit 1 – Canada: Land and People
- Unit 2 – Literary Beginnings
- Unit 3 – English Canadian Theatre and Drama: its Evolution
- Unit 4 – Canadian Discourse on Nature and Technology
Block 2 – Recent Canadian Poetry
- Unit 1 – The Growth of Canadian Poetry
- Unit 2 – Recent Common Wealth Poetry and Canada’s Place in iIt
- Unit 3 – Two Major Novelists as Poets
- Unit 4 – Five Other Important Poets
Block 3 – Surfacing
- Unit 1 – Development of the Canadian Novel
- Unit 2 – Margaret Atwood: Life and Works
- Unit 3 – Surfacing: Theme,Structure,Technique and Characterization
- Unit 4 – Surfacing: Language
Block 4 – The Tin Flute (Novel)
- Unit 1 – French Canadian Writing (Quebec)
- Unit 2 – Gabrielle Roy: Life and Works
- Unit 3 – The Tin Flute: Structure and Theme
- Unit 4 – The Tin Flute: Characterization and Technique
Block 5 – The English Patient
- Unit 1 – Canadian-South Asian Diasporic Writing
- Unit 2 – Onadaatje: Life and Works
- Unit 3 – The English Patient: Theme,Structure and Characterization
- Unit 4 – The English Patient: Technique
Block 6 – Canadian Short Story
- Unit 1 – Short Fiction in General and The Canadian Short Story
- Unit 2 – ‘A Mother in India’: Sara Jenette Duncan
- Unit 3 – ‘Sunday Afternoon’: Alice Munro; ‘Where is the Voice Coming From’ Rudy Wiebe
- Unit 4 – ‘Swimming Lessons’ Rohinton Mistry; ‘The Door is Shut Behind Me’: Uma Parameswaran
Block 7 – The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Drama
- Unit 1 – Canadian Drama: The General Dramatic Scene
- Unit 2 – Introduction to Writer and The Structure of the Play
- Unit 3 – The Ecstasy of Rita Joe: Theme and Characterization
- Unit 4 – Dramatic Technique in the Ecstasy of Rita Joe and The Brechtian Angle
Block 8 – Development of Canadian Criticism
- Unit 1 – The Recent Development of Canadian Criticism
- Unit 2 – Northrop Frye
- Unit 3 – Linda Hutcheon
- Unit 4 – Smaro Kamboureli
