OLLI101508 - Contemporary Canadian Classics [In-person at TUCC]
Course Description
Contemporary Canadian Fiction
Instructor: Robert Timko
Dates: Thursdays, June 6 - July 25 (7 sessions)
No Class: July 4
Time: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Location: In-person at Center City (TUCC)
This course will consist of close readings and discussions of three short Canadian novels: Jocelyne Saucier’s And the Birds Rained Down and Kim Thúy’s Mãn and Vi.
Maximum in-person registrants: 35
Instructor’s Bio: Robert Timko is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Canadian Studies at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield. He served as President of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers and the Middle Atlantic and New England Council for Canadian Studies and held Visiting Teaching and Research Professorships in Philosophy and Canadian Studies in Russia, Canada, and the U.S. He is an enthusiastic fan and devoted student of the Murdoch Mysteries.
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