Considers reasons for studying Canadian literature. Notes the relative infancy of Canadian literature and the need for maintaining objectivity in the study of Canadian literature. Proposes that teachers of Canadian literature focus on individual, contemporary works, examining language, form, and craftsmanship. (RL)

Presents an interview with author Margaret Atwood about teaching writing, her experience of writing, and Canadian literature. (SR)

Teachers of poetry should introduce students to a variety of critical theories and points of view, and help them to apply critical ideas to texts. (KS)

Discusses the teaching of Australian literature in Australian universities and draws parallels with Canadian literature in Canadian universities. (AA)

Argues that while Canadian students should continue to study the literature and language inherited from England, they should also be introduced to the literature of Canada which has a strong oral tradition. (RB)

Some critics of Robertson Davies' three novels that comprise the Salterton trilogy, "Tempest-Tost" (1951), "Leaven of Malice" (1954), and "A Mixture of Frailties" (1958) complain of their creaky novelistic machinery, suggesting that they merely show an essayist, or journalist, becoming a novelist. These three novels,…

This report provides a summary of the Book Exposure Project, which took the form of an exploratory study conducted in an area of north Toronto. Free books were included with a questionnaire designed to gather information about the following topics: the recipients' social and economic characteristics, their television viewing and radio listening…

Notes the growing concern about the plight of literature courses at the secondary and college levels. Suggests that research be conducted to improve the teaching of literature, especially Canadian literature. (RL)

The approximately 250 entries in this bibliography deal with the topic of women and literature and were drawn from a search of current periodicals and of recent books catalogued by the Library of Congress. The cited materials deal with women authors, with topics of interest to feminist scholars of literature, or with problems and issues in…

Describes a program designed to improve English skills in university students learning English as a second language through a Canadian literature and history component. Reading lists are appended. (AM)

An analysis of questionnaires on the teaching of Francophone literature in colleges and secondary schools. Most studied is the literature of West Africa, Quebec and the Antilles. Teacher training in Francophone literature, establishing rationales, needs assessment and selected sources of information on Francophone literature are discussed. (AMH)

As a result of a study of the situation of Canadian literature in Canadian high schools and universities, this course was developed to provide teachers with useful information about Canadian literature. Included in this kit are sections on Canadian literature (the great debate about the importance of Canadian content), history and sources…

Discusses the activities and accomplishments of the Canadian Council of Teachers of English (CCTE), especially with regard to its Teacher Education Commission's "Statement on the Preparation of Teachers of English and the Language Arts." (MS)

Discussion of use of the World Wide Web for literary studies focuses on a course on contemporary Canadian literature offered at the University of Northern British Columbia. Highlights include weekly lectures, discussion forum, assignments, evaluations, Web courses versus other distributed learning media such as videoconferencing, and future…