{"id":1,"date":"2016-05-11T01:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T01:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/summer2016course\/?p=1"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:51:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T20:51:01","slug":"intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/summer2016course\/2016\/05\/11\/intro\/","title":{"rendered":"1:1 An Introduction to My Summer of Canadian Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there!<\/p>\n

My name is Stefanie and I am excited to get started with ENG 470 this summer! Welcome to my blog where I will be discussing, with all of you, the histories and origins behind Canadian Literature and where European and Indigenous stories fit into that.<\/p>\n

I grew up in Hawaii and as a part of the public education system, I learned about the history of ancient Hawaiians.\u00a0Much of the history of First Nations connects to Hawaiian history, as both cultures were colonized by Europeans. Something that has really stuck out to me is the commonality between the taking of land of both of these cultures.<\/p>\n

\"Makapuu

Sunrise at Makapu’u Beach on Oahu, Hawaii.<\/p><\/div>\n

Land was of huge importance to the ancient Hawaiians. The islands were divided into\u00a0Ahupua’a<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and everything they had was made from the land. In 1893, when the missionaries\u00a0overthrew the\u00a0Hawaiian Monarchy<\/span><\/a>, Queen Liliokalani was imprisoned in her own room in the Iolani Palace. Similar to the land treaties<\/a> of Canadian’s Indigenous peoples, the missionaries were taking away Hawaiian history, government, and stories. Queen Liliokalani was imprisoned on her own land, in her own room, while her stories were being stripped from her. First Nations people have been living on their own land, and yet it has been reclaimed by Europeans.<\/p>\n

Once coming to UBC, I took HIST 236 where we discussed how Canadian history has been taught since the opening of public education and where there are problems\u00a0between what is taught and what actually happened in\u00a0history. This course opened my eyes to the incredible discrepancy in education and how, while taking over the land, these outsiders were also stripping the original culture of their stories and their voice.<\/p>\n

I am excited to look into this interesting discourse further this summer.\u00a0ENG 470\u00a0will be discussing stories and their connection to the land they came from. Where do the history and stories that we have been taught fit in? I hope to question the truth and history behind the stories that we know.<\/p>\n

Works Cited<\/p>\n

“Ahupua`a.” Hawaii History<\/i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2016.<\/p>\n

“Land & Rights.” Indigenous Foundations<\/i>. University of British Columbia, 2009. Web. 10 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May 2016.<\/p>\n

Pitzer, Pat. “The Overthrow of the Monarchy.” Hawaii Nation<\/i>. N.p., May 1994. Web. 12 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0May 2016.<\/p>\n

Rose, Chris. “Makapu’u Beach Park Sunrise on Oahu.” Hawaii Photography Tours<\/i>. N.p., \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a020 Oct. 2015. Web. 12 May 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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