English 470A: Canadian Literary Genres

Fall/Winter 2016

Category: Unit 1

1.5 The Girl Who Watched Waves

There was a girl who came from a small town by the sea, and what made her more happy than anything else was to watch waves. She would walk down to the water’s edge, passing the little white houses that speckled the foggy shoreline, until she was right above the water on a rocky ledge […]

1.3 Social Media and Hypertextuality: their influence on our storytelling

I regularly indulge in the use of online social media platforms, like Facebook and Instagram, and I frequently utilize functions that typify the virtual medium, such as hypertext. I feel certain that these online platforms have altered the way I express myself as a writer. How could they not? Over the course of my life […]

1.1 Salutations!

Hi, My name is Anne and I am a 4th year English Literature major. I chose to take this course for a variety of reasons, though a particularly important factor for me is its online platform. Because I have health issues attending a normal, IRL seminar or lecture simply isn’t possible. I’ve been attending online courses at UBC […]

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