New World Myth: Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in Canadian Fiction
Marie VautierIn this comparative study of six Canadian novels Marie Vautier examines reworkings of myth in the postcolonial context. While myths are frequently used in literature as transhistorical master narratives, she argues that these novels destabilize the traditional function of myth in their self-conscious reexamination of historical events from a postcolonial perspective. Through detailed readings of François Barcelo's La Tribu, George Bowering's Burning Water, Jacques Godbout's Les Têtes à Papineau, Joy Kogawa's Obasan, Jovette Marchessault's Comme une enfant de la terre, and Rudy Wiebe's The Scorched-Wood People, Vautier situates New World myth within the broader contexts of political history and of classical, biblical, and historical myths.
Année:
1998
Editeur::
McGill-Queen's University Press
Langue:
english
Pages:
368
ISBN 10:
0773566880
ISBN 13:
9780773566880
Fichier:
PDF, 20.57 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1998