English 3101A - Department of Advanced Education and Skills
English 3101A - Department of Advanced Education and Skills
English 3101A - Department of Advanced Education and Skills
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Unit 2Novel <strong>and</strong> Related WritingNotes for Teaching <strong>and</strong> Learning(continued)Information on Recommended Novels6. There are 5 novels recommended for thiscourse:Stone Angel by Margaret Lawrence (1964)This novel is told form the point <strong>of</strong> view <strong>of</strong> aninety year old woman named Hagar Shipleyfrom a Canadian prairie town. Through herreflections, we follow her life as a rebelliousbride <strong>and</strong> later a grieving mother, <strong>and</strong> wesympathize with her as she resists being movedinto a nursing home. The CBC’s CanadaReads website describes Hagar Shipley as “one<strong>of</strong> the most memorable characters in Canadianfiction”.Stone Angel is used in the provincial highschool curriculum.Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally (1982)This novel is a work <strong>of</strong> fiction based on thetrue story <strong>of</strong> a German industrialist <strong>and</strong> warpr<strong>of</strong>iteer, Oskar Schindler, during World WarII <strong>and</strong> the Nazi occupation <strong>of</strong> Pol<strong>and</strong>.Schindler, who owned a factory, outwitted theNazis to protect his Jewish factory workers,thus saving over 1,100 Jews from the deathcamps. The novel is made up <strong>of</strong> a series <strong>of</strong>stories about different people, which take placeover a period <strong>of</strong> time.Schindler’s List is used in the provincial highschool curriculum.<strong>English</strong> <strong>3101A</strong> Curriculum Guide Page 19
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