{"id":6,"date":"2016-01-14T00:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T07:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/caitrobson\/?p=6"},"modified":"2016-01-14T00:18:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T07:18:30","slug":"click-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/caitrobson\/2016\/01\/14\/click-here\/","title":{"rendered":"=]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there and welcome to my blog!<\/p>\n<p>First order of business, I would like to introduce myself! My name is Caitlyn Robson and I am a 4th year\u00a0BA student with a combined major in Art History, Visual Culture and English. This is one of my last classes at UBCO before I graduate in May and I am pleased to be focusing on Canadian literature in my final semester. After I graduate from UBCO I will be going back to Alberta to live with my family and work while I wait to hear back from UVic, UofC, and SFX regarding acceptance into the Elementary Education programs they offer. Throughout my journey over the past four years, I have taken many English classes jumping through various genres and eras. However, the only Canadian literature class I have ever taken was when I was in my second year of college prior to coming to UBCO. I find Canadian literature extremely important and thoroughly enjoying! Reading material derived from the beautiful country I was born and raised in is really rewarding and informative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/caitrobson\/files\/2016\/01\/litmap-300-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"litmap-300\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After reading the syllabus and viewing the introductory vlog I have understood English 470A to be &#8220;a scholarly study of Canadian literature in a historical context with a focus on the intersections and departures between European and Indigenous traditions of literature and orature&#8221; (Paterson). We will be studying and examining the power and logistics of storytelling\u00a0within Canada. Through reading various literary texts and articles, students enrolled in this course will understand which stories are heard, which are not and why.<\/p>\n<p>The syllabus Course Description for this class reminded me of two TED Talks I recently watched on youtube regarding the power of storytelling. The first one is Chimanda Ngozi Adichie&#8217;s TED Talk \u00a0&#8220;The Danger of a Single Story&#8221;. In this, Adichie explains that cultures are composed of many stories and that if a person is only exposed to one single story about a particular culture or individual, their idea of this culture or individual can be extremely misconstrued. \u00a0I thought it was an informative and relevant video, so if you have time, check it out!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story | TED\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D9Ihs241zeg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The second TED Talk I recently watched is given by Christ Turner entitled &#8220;Why Canadian history isn&#8217;t as boring as you think&#8221;. In this talk, he explains that Canadians have always understood their historical tale to be a nice but boring and discusses the how this stereotype came to be engrained through storytelling. Again, you should probably watch this as it is actually extremely interesting and I believe to be relevant to this class.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Canadian history isn&#039;t as boring as you think it is: Chris Turner at TEDxYYC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBPvQRazhw8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the TED Talks and thank you for visiting my blog! I look forward reading all of yours and working with you all this semester.<\/p>\n<p>Cait \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there and welcome to my blog! First order of business, I would like to introduce myself! My name is Caitlyn Robson and I am a 4th year\u00a0BA student with a combined major in Art History, Visual Culture and English. 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