By connecting historical developments with contemporary debates, this course offers critical tools for understanding present-day Canadian society. Rather than presenting Canada as a unified national narrative, it examines the country as a complex and diverse space shaped by colonialism, Indigenous-settler relations, geography, regional identities, and cultural production. A central focus of the course is Canadian geography, both physical and cultural, and how landscape, climate, and regional divides have influenced Canadian identity, politics, literature, and film. The course traces key historical developments from French and British colonisation through westward and northern expansion to contemporary relations between the state and Indigenous peoples. It also explores Canada's complex relationship with the United States, from historical anxieties over American cultural and economic influence to contemporary geopolitical debates. Throughout the semester, students engage with Canadian literature, film, art, and popular culture as key sites where national narratives are constructed, contested, and reimagined.
- Učitel: Denisa Krásná