Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of American Studies
- Code
- BBI-AME-274E
- Title
- Canada in space and time: contemporary approaches
- Usual semester
- Spring
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- en
- Learning outcomes
- The course is an introductory area studies overview of Canada.
- Course content
- The course reviews Canada's history, political system, social composition, geography and economy, migration history and policies, literature, culture, multiculturalism, ethnic minorities, including indigenous peoples and the specific situation of Quebec.
- Assessment method
- Weekly reading and writing assignments, individual work on topics and in-class presentation(s).
- Bibliography
- Atwood. Margaret. “Death by Landscape.” Canadian Short Stories, edited by Russell Brown and Donna Bennett, Pearson Longman/Penguin Academics, 2005. Dobozy, Tamas. “The Inert Landscapes of György Ferenc.” Last Notes and Other Stories. Harper Perennial, 2005. Dreisziger, N. F. (Nándor F. ). Struggle and Hope: The Hungarian-Canadian Experience. McClelland and Stewart in association with the Multiculturalism Directorate, Dept. of the Secretary of State and the Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre, Supply and Services Canada, 1982. Egoyan, Atom, dir. Ararat. Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2002. Film. Findley, Timothy. “Stones.” Canadian Short Stories, edited by Russell Brown and Donna Bennett, Pearson Longman/Penguin Academics, 2005. Frye, Northrop Frye. “Language I.” The Great Code: The Bible and Literature. 1982. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. Gallant, Mavis. “My Heart is Broken.” Canadian Short Stories, edited by Russell Brown and Donna Bennett, Pearson Longman/Penguin Academics, 2005. Georgieva, Maria and Diana Yankova. Canadian Kaleidoscope: An Anthology of Civilization Texts. St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, 2006. Laurence, Margaret. “A Bird in the House.” Canadian Short Stories, edited by Russell Brown and Donna Bennett, Pearson Longman/Penguin Academics, 2005. McLuhan, Marshall. “Sight, Sound, and the Fury.” Mass Culture: The Popular Arts in America, edited by Bernard Rosenberg and David M. White, The Free Press, 1957 Munro, Alice, “Open Secrets.” Canadian Short Stories, edited by Russell Brown and Donna Bennett, Pearson Longman/Penguin Academics, 2005.