OLLI101100 - Canadian Classics (In person at TUCC)

Course Description

CANADIAN CLASSICS                                                       

Instructor: Robert Timko

Day of Week: Monday

Dates: Jan 29 – Apr 8 (10 sessions)

No Class: Mar 4

Time: 10:30 AM – 12 PM

Location: In person at TUCC

This course is the third in a series of explorations of classic Canadian novels. We will be reading, discussing, and analyzing two novels, Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners and Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion. Laurence’s novel gives us a portrait of Morag Gunn, a woman, who though marginalized by society, is a survivor, demonstrating courage and resolve in a quest for love. Ondaatje gives us a story about the building of Toronto by outsiders, a romance which traverses “the boundary between history and myth.”

Maximum In-Person: 35

Instructor 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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