Since no section will enroll more than 20 students, since the total spaces available are limited to just 120, and since we will wish to distribute the students among the sections of ARTS 199 with relative evenness, students will be assigned to one of the six sections according to a modified lottery procedure. Your ARTS 199 choices should be listed on the Reply Card which is included with this brochure. The Reply Card, however, should be received in the Arts Undergraduate Office not later than 18 July 2000 in order to assure that your request is considered. When your Fall Term schedule is mailed to you by the Registrar's Office at the end of July, it will include information on whether you have been admitted to ARTS 199 and, if so, which term and section will apply to you. Individuals A basic theme of Western Civilization and of the liberal-arts curriculum is the tension between society and person, between group power and individual autonomy.
Students present their analyses orally and in essays constructed piece by piece during the term.
In class discussion, students will attempt to trace these rivers of tears and joys through an exploration of several topics such as ethnicity, racism, cultural acceptance and cultural erasure as it is recorded in selected Canadian authors. As our starting point, we will work from the text Other Solitudes, edited by Linda Hutcheon and Marion Richmond, a collection of short fiction by, and interviews with, many of Canada's leading writers - e.g., Mordecai Richler, Austin Clarke, Joy Kagawa, Dionne Brand, and Tomson Highway. Students will be expected to focus on a particular topic or issue for a term-long research project that will consist of a written research proposal, a preliminary bibliography, a class presentation, an essay draft, revision, and final paper. This seminar examines the distinct Christian responses to political oppression in twentieth century Latin America, a phenomenon known as Liberation Theology. In the course of this seminar we will pay close attention to the emergence, development, status quo, and future perspectives of Liberation Theology.