OLLI101265 - Coming of Age in Canada: Anne Shirley and Brian O'Connal
Course Description
ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
Asynchronous learning occurs virtually with limited or no real-time interaction. Asynchronous learning happens on your schedule. The instructor will provide materials for reading or for viewing and monitor a discussion board, and you have the ability to access these materials within a flexible time frame.
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COMING OF AGE IN CANADA: ANNE SHIRLEY AND BRIAN O’CONNAL
Robert Timko
Part I: February 1-February 26; Part II: March 8-April 2
Sometimes children’s literature may be intended for an audience of adult readers. This may well be the case with Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables and W.O. Mitchell’s Who Has Seen the Wind. What happens when childhood imagination collides with reality, keeping in mind that reality consists of both natural and social forces? What value might imagination have in our lives as we mature? Can these novels about childhood teach us about duty, respect, faith and hypocrisy?
Class limit: 35
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