New World myth : postmodernism and postcolonialism in Canadian fiction /

"In 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 the novels she examines destabilize the traditional function of myth in th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vautier, Marie, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1998.
Temas:
1900-1999
Canadian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Postmodernism (Literature) > Canada.
Postcolonialism > Canada.
Roman canadien > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Postmodernisme (Littérature) > Canada.
Postcolonialisme > Canada.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
Postcolonialism.
Postmodernism (Literature)
Canada.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Postmodern myth and post-European history : thematics and theory in the New World
  • Making myths, playing God : the narrator in Jacques Godbout's Les Tetes à Papineau and Rudy Wiebe's The Scorched-wood people
  • Reshaping religions, challenging cosmogonies : Jovette Marchessault's Comme une enfant de la terre and Joy Kogawa's Obasan
  • Magic realism and postcolonial challenges to history : George Bowering's Burning water and François Barcelo's La Tribu
  • Imagining myth in the New World : George Bowering's Burning Water and François Barcelo's La Tribu.

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