Canadian Literature - Ethnic & Religious Minority Writers - Theoretical Approaches

Considers how the terms of critical debate in literary and cultural studies in Canada have shifted with respect to matters of race, nation, and difference.

PR 9188.2 .M55 C84 2011
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Scholarly study both of literature by diasporic writers and of the contexts within which it is produced. It explores topics ranging from multiculturalism policy of the Canadian government, the relationship between realist fiction and history to postmodern constructions of ethnicity, to the multicultural theory of the philosopher Charles Taylor and the cultural responsibilities of diasporic critics.

PR 9188.2 .M55 K35 2009
Stacks

A collection of essays written by scholars from various disciplines who investigate the geographical, sociological, political, economic, literary, and cultural implications attached to the concept of the Canadian mosaic in an age of mobility and globalization.

This anthology offers a wide range of writing styles in fiction and poetry, with a focus on immigrant experiences, ethnic ancestry, and the complex spectrum of cultural differences.

A bilingual collection of essays on the themes of cultural identities and immigrant writing in Canada. The emphasis is upon diversity as essays range in subject matter from Margaret Atwood, Margaret Laurence, and Marie-Claire Blais to Danny Laferrière, Ukranian-Canadian plays, “Franglo-théâtre,” contemporary Acadian and Africadian poetry and the Ontario Protestant novel.

Examines Rudy Wiebe’s The Scorched-Wood People, George Bowering’s Burning Water and Joy Kogawa’s Obasan among others.

PR 9192.6 .M97 V35 1998
Stacks

Scholarly criticism of literatures in English, with particular focus on the influence of colonization on literature. Peer-reviewed.

A scholarly, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal covering ethnic studies on such topics as literature, poetry, ethnicity, immigration, and the history and cultural life of minority groups in Canada.

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Critical and bibliographic forum in the field of Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures. Peer-reviewed.