Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 15:54:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jennifer Gustar <gustar-AT-unbc.edu>
Subject: Re: poco lit course readings



I agree, but just one point of contention: is King not presently working at 
Guelph University in Ontario?

Jennifer Gustar
English Programme, UNBC
Prince George, B.C.

On Tue, 15 Apr 1997, Mac Fenwick wrote:

> I would suggest Tom King's _Green Grass Running Water_, as it is
> "canonically" post-colonial insofar as it does all the things that _The
> Empire Writes Back_ says it's supposed to do. Trick is, it contests the
> continuing imperialistic enterprise of European-Americans and clearly
> situates itself within a First Nation perspective that is neither
> "Canadian" nor "American" -- and yet the book (and King) is hailed as a
> piece of great Canadian fiction (even though King lives and works in the
> United States).
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Mac Fenwick
> English Department
> Queen's University
> Kingston, Ontario
> 
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