Literature in Canada 2.0

Assignment 2.2

First stories tell us how the world was created. In The Truth about Stories, King tells us two creation stories; one about how Charm falls from the sky pregnant with twins and creates the world out of a bit of mud with the help of all the water animals, and another about God creating heaven and earth with his words, and then Adam and Eve and the Garden. King provides us with a neat analysis of how each story reflects a distinct worldview. “The Earth Diver” story reflects a world…read more

Feb.10

Lesson 2.2 Thoughts

Posted by jbernoe in Uncategorized

So this blog post is not an assignment, but I felt compelled to respond to several points of consideration while reading the lesson. Mostly this will be for my own sense of organization, and indeed it began as such in my notebook but part way through I thought that I would also post it as it draws in topics from my Art History 377 class (Northwest Coast Art – The South). To backtrack a bit, my first note that I paused to consider concerned Dr. Paterson’s note that “the first…read more

Feb.09

Home again

Posted by jbernoe in Assignment 2.1

Comfort, familiarity, family, peace. These are shared threads of thought on the subject of home. What I found interesting is that a lot of you thought home was not a fixed structure. How ironic that I should write my earlier post about the connection of a fixed structure (house) and feelings (home). Guess I’m the odd one out! Upon rereading my previous post I suppose I could have emphasized more of the feelings associated with the structures that I focused my attention on. I also noticed an absence of pets,…read more

Feb.05

A house is not a home, right?

Posted by jbernoe in Assignment 2.1

Home. How to describe it…? It’s certainly the building. But not just the structure because that’s the house. Let’s think of it as a container. Yes. It is a container of people and objects and memories. But there are lots of these containers, more specifically the home is a container of what is comfortable. Home to me is a literal and figurative space. Literally, I live there, (sometimes) sleep. Figuratively, I am at rest there. It’s not a home if I cannot fall asleep, and not only sleep but feel…read more

Feb.03