Tag: LitMod
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The Promise for Indigenous Futurity: Approaching Trauma and Healing in Motherhood
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Selena Jodha’s Medium. Terese Marie Mailhot crafts a narrative that approaches trauma and healing through a reimagined memoir —…
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Decolonizing The Memoir: An Approach to Indigenous Trauma and Healing
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Selena Jodha’s Medium. Who is Terese Marie Mailhot? Terese Marie Mailhot is a First Nations Canadian woman from the…
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A Look into Justin Ducharme’s Short Film, Positions (2018)
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Rachel Gopal’s Medium. Introduction The main character of Positions, Aaron Lafrenier, is an Indigenous Queer sex worker that moves to a…
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The Journey that is “In My Own Moccasins” Helen Knott’s Memoir of Resilience
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Rachel Gopal’s Medium. Background There is a lot of strength that comes with the ability to be vulnerable. Almost…
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Navigating the Effects of Colonialism and Systematic Oppression in Elliott’s “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground”
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Megan Glover’s Medium. Author of the bestselling 2019 memoir A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, Alicia Elliott is a…
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Writing as a Form of Healing in Mailhot’s “Heart Berries”
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Megan Glover’s Medium. Author of the bestselling 2018 memoir Heart Berries, Terese Marie Mailhot is a First Nation Canadian writer…
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Writing Back to the Mind-Beast: Helen Knott’s In My Own Moccasins
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Eli Burley’s Medium. Author, educator, and community organizer Helen Knott’s memoir, In My Own Moccasins, is a book that pulls apart…
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Playing With Fire: Terese Marie Mailhot’s Heart Berries
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This post originally appeared on graduate student Eli Burley’s Medium. The first two things that Terese Marie Mailhot lets you know in her memoir Heart Berries are that…
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Tender Readings Podcast, Episode 3
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This podcast originally appeared on graduate student Isobel Carnegie’s Soundcloud.
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Tender Readings Podcast, Episode 2
During the fall of 2020, graduate students in the Ryerson University English Department’s Literatures and Modernity program worked on digital criticism projects that reflected on Indigenous literature in Canada and feminist forms of testimony. This podcast originally appeared on graduate student Isobel Carnegie’s Soundcloud.
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