Discusses two recent Canadian young adult novels--"Salmonberry Wine" (M. Razzell) and "Shadow in Hawthorn Bay" (J. Lunn). (NKA)

The author urges the adoption of regional, national, and comparative approaches to Canadian literature in Canadian secondary schools. (AN)

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)

Literature is viewed in relation to reality: place and time are important. Through diagrams the author proves that certain authors transcend time and place and can be understood by the educated. (AF)

Discusses the rationale for and several approaches to teaching Canadian literature, including a cultural and regional approach to Canadian literature, a comparative approach, and a language study approach. (HTH)

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

Suggests granting greater recognition to the artistic integrity of Canadian literature by removing it from the broader context of Canadian studies. Indicates that understanding and appreciation of Canadian literature as a representation of reality filtered through the perception of an author should be focus of literature in schools. (NEC)

My argument could not be more effectively summed up than in the words of Northrop Frye: It is obvious that Canadian literature, whatever its inherent merits, is an indispensable aid to the knowledge of Canada. It records what the Canadian imagination has reacted to, and it tells us things about this environment that nothing else will tell us."…

Discusses the poetry of Canada's native peoples and argues that it deserves a place in the English curriculum. (AA)

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 feature articles in this journal issue deal with various aspects of Canadian literature. The articles include: (1) a discussion of who's who and what's what in Canadian literature; (2) reviews of worthwhile but overlooked Canadian children's literature; (3) a list of resource guides to Canadian literature and a short quiz over famous first…

An annotated bibliography of fiction about Canada or written by Canadian authors is presented. The list is intended as a guide for Canadian young adult readers in search of a literature they can identify as their own. It can also be used by librarians and teachers who need assistance in selecting novels and short stories for young Canadians. Over…

Although students did not recognize Canadian poetry to any important extent, those students who made any differentiation between poems favored the Canadian poems. (DD)