{"id":1,"date":"2014-01-09T10:53:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T10:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gretaanne\/?p=1"},"modified":"2014-01-09T08:49:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T15:49:46","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/gretaanne\/2014\/01\/09\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 1:1 Hello Everyone!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Welcome to my first attempt at a blog. I consider myself somewhat technologically challenged<\/a>, so it might take a little while for my blog to look as pretty as the rest of yours do.<\/p>\n

My name is Greta and I am a 4th year English Literature major. I hate it when people ask me where I’m from, because I’m not really sure of the answer. On paper, I’m a Canadian citizen, but I spent nearly all of my life living abroad with my family in Singapore<\/a>. When I first came to Vancouver nearly four years ago, I would tell people that I was Canadian, for the sake of simplicity. Unfortunately, the two-or-so minutes this saved me during introductions was not worth the instances in which I was quietly judged to be a bit of an idiot for not knowing the kind of things that a Canadian girl who grew up here should know. Or, for some of the interesting slang<\/a> that I picked up in Singapore\u2026 And then there was the first time it snowed, and the only shoes I owned were a pair of flip flops. So, now I give people the longer answer.<\/p>\n

Because I am a bit of a cultural concoction myself, I am very excited for the fact that this course will focus on both European and Indigenous perspectives and traditions in Canadian literature. I love learning about different cultures and really enjoy considering the same story, topic or event from a variety of view points. I hope that this course provides me with a richer understanding of Canadian indigenous people, and their perspectives on the history of this country.<\/p>\n

In this course we will read several Canadian stories and articles. A primary focus will be the consideration of how racism has and continues to effect the content and readership of the Canadian literary canon. Social media will be utilized extensively in this course. We will be keeping of our own blogs, as well as reading and commenting on the instructor’s blog and the blogs of our peers. We shall also create an online Conference presentation. This project will allow us to consider ways in which it may be possible to influence the future of Canadian Literature. At the end of the term we will write a term paper in which we will synthesis much of what we will have learned in the course.<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to working with all of you!<\/p>\n

WORKS CITED:<\/p>\n

Gung, Greg. \u201cHow to Speak Singlish.\u201d Online video clip. Youtube<\/em>. Youtube, 17th Jan 2013. Web. 8th Jan 2014.<\/p>\n

Paterson, Erika. ENGL 470A Canadian Studies: Canadian Literary Genres<\/em>. University of British Columbia, 2013. Web. 6 Jan. 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cTech Impaired Duck.\u201d Quickmeme<\/em>. N.d. Web. 7th Jan 2014.<\/p>\n

YourSingapore<\/em>. Singapore Tourism Board. Web. 8th Jan 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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