Oh Canada! An Interpretation

For this week’s post: “The task at hand is to first discover as many allusions as you can to historical references (people and events), literary references (characters and authors), mythical references (symbols and metaphors).” – Dr. Erika Paterson My Section in the 2007 Harper Perennial version is pages 167-179.   Summary: The two parts which span over pages 167-179 are centred on Lionel and Alberta. Opening at a scene a day before his birthday, Lionel is situated at a ‘dead end’, having “[run] out of options years ago” (King 167). There…read more

Coyote Pedagogy is a term sometimes used to describe King’s writing strategies (Margery Fee and Jane Flick). Discuss your understanding of the role of Coyote in the novel. “This lesson places special emphasis on learning how to recognize the significant differences between European literary production and First Nations storytelling traditions. In many ways,Green Grass Running Water is a novel about different story-telling traditions, which in turn reflect different, and sometimes conflicting world views.”- Dr. Erika Paterson. Having read King’s Green Grass Running Water once during my first year at UBC and now again at my fourth…read more