Exercise: Entering the Discourses of the Journal

Cover of Canadian Literature 161-62 (1991).

Cover of Canadian Literature 161-62 (1991). Canadian Literature 1991.

  1. To familiarize yourself with the array of writings in a journal like Canadian Literature, review the full content of the special issue on Thomas King. In a group discussion, produce a collaboratively written description of the issue’s contents. What kinds of writings are included in the issue? What is it about issue 161–62 that has led the editors to call it special? How does a special issue differ from a regular issue?
  2. In this issue, what is the purpose of each of the following items?

Works Cited

  • Fee, Margery, and Jane Flick. Coyote Pedagogy: Knowing Where the Borders Are in Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water. Canadian Literature 161–62 (1999): 131–39. Print. (PDF)
  • Fee, Margery. Introduction. Canadian Literature 161–62 (1999): 9–11. Print. (PDF)
  • Flick, Jane. Reading Notes for Thomas King’s Green Grass, Running Water. Canadian Literature 161/2 (1999): 140–72. Print. (PDF)
  • King, Thomas. A Short History of Indians in Canada. Canadian Literature 161–62 (1999): 62–64. Print. (PDF)
  • King, Thomas. Peter Gzowski Interviews Thomas King on Green Grass, Running Water. Canadian Literature 161–62 (1999): 65–76. Print. (PDF)
  • Kröller, Eva-Marie, Margery Fee, Iain Higgins, Kevin McNeilly, and Alain-Michel Rocheleau. Canadian Literature at 40. Canadian Literature 161–62 (1999): 6. Print. (PDF)
  • King, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1993. Print.