UofT ENG140Y1 Lectures

Beloved by Toni Morrison Lecture covers pages 200-324

"Angels in America" by Tony Kushner "Millenium Approaches

"Flight" by Sherman Alexie Covers pages 98-189 Topics include: Alexie's use of the word "Indian", Ordinary Magic, "circle" of violence, imagined communities, post 9/11 nationalism, "justice" and violence, and much more!

Covers all of "Modern and Normal" by Karen Solie Details how to read a book of poems, discusses arguments of "normal vs. divergent," found poetry techniques, argument of Modern and Rural, "parallax"

Covers part of "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Discusses History surrounding the novel, Zafa and the power of literature, hypermasculinity, tragedy

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Many themes discussed

Lecture discussing the play "The Speedy" by Barker, Hanratty, Leuchter and Mand Topics include: Toronto's lost history, first nations history in Toronto, history as fiction/ drama, etc.

Discusses the play "The Speedy" by Barker, Hanratty, Leuchter and Mand Topics discussed include: Bitter tongue, personal/historical "storywork", etc.

"Soucouyant" by David Chariandy Topics include: contesting immigration and multiculturalism, immigration narratives, bridges for migration, Toronto and Scarborough, Adele and the "Twoness", Adele and Roger, Canada, Trinidad, India, A Tightrope Act, History as Relations, Art and Memory in "Souco...

Lecture discusses "Soucouyant" by David Chariandy Topics include: bridges for migration, celebratory multiculturalism, plot of the novel, form of the novel, soucouyant vs. bildungsroman, dementia and much more!

Lecture discusses "Light" by Souvankham Thammavongsa Topics include: shape poems, transnational world, the book as a whole, and much more!

Lecture discusses "On Such a Full Sea" by Chang-Rae Lee Topics include: globilization's dark future, a plot summary, globilization, Baltimore, the Tainted World, the unreliable "we", and much more!