According to an article in today’s Globe & Mail by Marsha Lederman, Robert J. Wiersema’s Walk Like a Man, a biography and memoir of Bruce Springsteen, will come with a perk. Each of its thirteen chapters is about thirteen tracks, and readers will be able to listen to those tracks for free when the book is published. The article mentions other authors who have released soundtracks to accompany their fiction.
I created a playlist for my survey of Canadian literature course. This one covers the first term: contact literature to the end of modernism. The syllabus with musical accompaniment is below. If you think of any good pairings, please do make suggestions in your comments. My preference is for Canadian musicians, but that’s obviously not a strict rule. I love to play with my playlists. I’m currently wondering where best to put Metric….
Canadian Literature
ENG252Y LO101
♫Syllabus with Musical Accompaniment I♫
With thanks to Nick Mount for the idea.
Introduction
Thomas King “Coyote Columbus Story”
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“Coyote Dance” Robbie Robertson
Exploration Literature
Samuel Hearne from “A Journey”
David Thompson from “Narrative of His Explorations”
John Franklin and Dr. John Richardson from “Narrative of a Journey”
According to an article in today’s Globe & Mail by Marsha Lederman, Robert J. Wiersema’s Walk Like a Man, a biography and memoir of Bruce Springsteen, will come with a perk. Each of its thirteen chapters is about thirteen tracks, and readers will be able to listen to those tracks for free when the book is published. The article mentions other authors who have released soundtracks to accompany their fiction.
Nathalie Foy 