History of Literature in Canada: English-Canadian and French-Canadian

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History of Literature in Canada

English-Canadian and French-Canadian

Edited by: Reingard M. Nischik
With contributions by: Andrea Oberhuber , Andrea Oberhuber , Anne Nothof , Caroline Rosenthal , Doris G. Eibl , Dorothee Scholl , Eva Gruber , Fritz Peter Kirsch , Georgiana Banita , Gilles Dupuis , Guy Laflèche , Gwendolyn Davies , Ian Higgins , Jerry Wasserman , Julia Breitbach , Lorraine York , Marta Dvorak , Martin Kuester , Nicholas Bradley , Reingard M. Nischik , Sherrill Grace , Tracy Ware and Ursula Mathis-Moser

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2008

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The development of literature in Canada with an eye to its multicultural, multiethnic, multilingual nature.

From modest colonial beginnings, literature in Canada has arrived at the center stage of world literature. Works by English-Canadian writers -- both established writers such as Margaret Atwood and new talents such as Yann Martel -- make regular appearances on international bestseller lists. French-Canadian literature has also found its own voice in the North American and francophone worlds. "CanLit" has likewise developed into a staple of academic interest, pursued in Canadian Studies programs in Canada and around the world. This volume draws on the expertise of scholars from Canada, Germany, Austria, and France, tracing Canadian literature from the indigenous oral tradition to thedevelopment of English-Canadian and French-Canadian literature since colonial times. Conceiving of Canada as a single but multifaceted culture, it accounts for specific characteristics of English- and French-Canadian literatures,such as the vital role of the short story in English Canada or that of the chanson in French Canada. Yet special attention is also paid to Aboriginal literature and to the pronounced transcultural, ethnically diverse character ofmuch contemporary Canadian literature, thus moving clearly beyond the traditions of the two founding nations.

Contributors: Reingard M. Nischik, Eva Gruber, Iain M. Higgins, Guy Laflèche, Dorothee Scholl, Gwendolyn Davies, Tracy Ware, Fritz Peter Kirsch, Julia Breitbach, Lorraine York, Marta Dvorak, Jerry Wasserman, Ursula Mathis-Moser, Doris G. Eibl, Rolf Lohse, Sherrill Grace, Caroline Rosenthal, Martin Kuester, Nicholas Bradley, Anne Nothof, Georgiana Banita, Gilles Dupuis, and Andrea Oberhuber.

Reingard M. Nischik is Professor of American Literature at the University of Constance, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Writing a History of Literature in Canada Reingard M. Nischik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I. Beginnings
1: Aboriginal Oral Traditions Eva Gruber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	27
2: The Whites Arrive: White Writing before Canada, 1000–1600 Iain M. Higgins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	38
II. The Literature of New France, 1604–1760
3: Historical Background Guy Laflèche Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	47
4: Literature on New France Guy Laflèche Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	48
5: Colonial Literature in New France Guy Laflèche Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
III. The Literature of British Canada, 1763–1867
6: Historical Overview Dorothee Scholl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
7: English-Canadian Colonial Literature Gwendolyn Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
8: French-Canadian Colonial Literature under the Union Jack Dorothee Scholl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	88
IV. From the Dominion to the Territorial Completion of the Nation, 1867–1918
9: English-Canadian Literature, 1867–1918: The Making of a Nation Tracy Ware Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
10: French-Canadian Literature from National Solidarity to the École littéraire de Montréal Fritz Peter Kirsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
V. The Modern Period, 1918–1967
11: Politics and Literature between Nationalism and Internationalism Julia Breitbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	149
12: English-Canadian Poetry, 1920–1960 Lorraine York Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
13: The English-Canadian Novel and the Displacement of the Romance Marta Dvorak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	174
14: The Modernist English-Canadian Short Story Reingard M. Nischik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
15: Early English-Canadian Theater and Drama, 1918–1967 Jerry Wasserman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
16: French Canada from the First World War to 1967: Historical Overview Ursula Mathis-Moser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	222
17: French-Canadian Poetry up to the 1960s Ursula Mathis-Moser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	228
18: The French-Canadian Novel between Tradition and Modernism Doris G. Eibl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	242
19: The French-Canadian Short Story Doris G. Eibl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	264
20: French-Canadian Drama from the 1930s to the Révolution tranquille Dorothee Scholl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270
VI. Literature from 1967 to the Present
21: Sociopolitical and Cultural Developments from 1967 to the Present Sherrill Grace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
22: English-Canadian Literary Theory and Literary Criticism Caroline Rosenthal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
23: The English-Canadian Novel from Modernism to Postmodernism Martin Kuester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	310
24: The English-Canadian Short Story since 1967: Between (Post)Modernism and (Neo)Realism Reingard M. Nischik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	330
25: English-Canadian Poetry from 1967 to the Present Nicholas Bradley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	352
26: Contemporary English-Canadian Drama and Theater Anne Nothof Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	373
27: Canons of Diversity in Contemporary English-Canadian Literature Georgiana Banita Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	387
28: Literature of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Eva Gruber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	413
29: The Quebec Novel Doris G. Eibl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	429
30: The French-Canadian Short Prose Narrative Doris G. Eibl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	450
31: French-Canadian Poetry from 1967 to the Present Ursula Mathis-Moser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	456
32: Orality and the French-Canadian Chanson Ursula Mathis-Moser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	470
33: Drama and Theater from the Révolution tranquille to the Present Dorothee Scholl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	478
34: Transculturalism and écritures migrantes Gilles Dupuis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	497
35: The Institutionalization of Literature in Quebec Andrea Oberhuber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	509
Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	519
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	545
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	551

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March 27, 2024

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9781571137975

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781571137975

eBook ISBN: 9781571137975

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Canadian Literature; Multicultural; Multiethnic; Multilingual; English-Canadian Writers; French-Canadian Literature

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