EN267: Canada Now: Contemporary Canadian Literature (Winter 2027) - Internal Posting for CTF Members

Wilfrid Laurier University • Waterloo, ON

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The course offers a consideration of issues in Canadian literature from the end of the Second World War to the present, with an emphasis on the emergence of a national literature. Students will examine changing definitions of Canadian culture and identity through the study of poetry, nonfiction, drama, and fiction through two phases of contemporary Canada: the cultural nationalist period of the 1950s through the 1970s, and the 1980s onward, when nation-based definitions became increasingly problematic in the face of global culture, transnationalism, and debates about multiculturalism and citizenship.

Requirements

• MA degree
• English discipline
• Teaching experience at the university-level
• Internal members of the CTF bargaining unit (those who have taught at Laurier in the last 36 months)

Nice To Haves

• PhD preferred
• Research expertise (dissertation, publications and/or conference presentations) in English is an asset

Responsibilities

• Deliver lectures for EN267: Canada Now: Contemporary Canadian Literature.
• Examine changing definitions of Canadian culture and identity through the study of poetry, nonfiction, drama, and fiction.
• Consider issues in Canadian literature from the end of the Second World War to the present.
• Focus on the emergence of a national literature.
• Analyze two phases of contemporary Canada: the cultural nationalist period (1950s-1970s) and the period from the 1980s onward.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level