CDNS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Studies, Modernism, Postcolonialism

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CDNS 1000
• Professor: Richard Nimijean

Document Summary

Short answers (3 of these will be on the exam) Define anti-modernism and talk about how it played a key role in first wave canadian studies. (vickers, hodgins, grace et al, nimijean all talk about these ideas) What are the six c"s that hodgins talks about that make up contemporary approaches to. Why does this concept fail to tell the whole story in canada? (anthony smith, mentioned in class) How do we undermine intended uses of the space around us? (lecture 5, certeau (mentioned in class,) Please give us a definition of this term, and talk specifically about how it relates to claims to the land in canada. In your answer, please talk about how the state uses the land to create a sense of national identity and about how the state engages in struggles to legitimize its claims to the land. (lecture notes, no primary reading) Please outline some of the key ideas that informed first wave canadian studies.