What Is Québécois Literature? : : Reflections on the Literary History of Francophone Writing in Canada.
The question 'What is Québécois literature?' may seem innocent and answerable, yet Rosemary Chapman's compelling study shows that to answer it is to chart the cultural history of French Canada, to put francophone writing in Canada in postcolonial context and to ask whether literary...
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| Superior document: | Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series ; v.28 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Liverpool : : Liverpool University Press,, 2013. {copy}2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (303 pages) |
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| Summary: | The question 'What is Québécois literature?' may seem innocent and answerable, yet Rosemary Chapman's compelling study shows that to answer it is to chart the cultural history of French Canada, to put francophone writing in Canada in postcolonial context and to ask whether literary history, with its focus on the nation, is in fact obsolete. This remarkable book will be compulsory reading for scholars well-versed in francophone postcolonial studies and will also act as an ideal introduction for Anglophone scholars of Canadian literature. |
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| ISBN: | 9781781385760 9781846319730 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |