Canadian literature

Characters change; they are different from the start of the book and slowly grow as a person in the end. This is portrayed through the exploration of many common themes in Canadian literature including Reality vs. Illusions. Characters prefer illusions over reality in many ways; it has the ability to affect their thinking and their relationships with others. Michael Christie’s novel ‘If I Fall, If I Die’ helps demonstrate the theme ‘giving up our illusions and facing reality by picking ourselves up again is what life is all about’. The main character, Will, lived in illusions all his life within the safety of his home and the comfort of his mother’s presence. However Illusions can’t always keep you safe, facing up to reality is a challenging…

Canadian literature uses nature as an entity to convey its impact on characters which encapsulates the Canadian experience and identity. Novels such as The Tin Flute by Gabrielle Roy and Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson present nature as a macrocosm to represent the microcosm of the characters. Short stories such as “Moral Disorder” by Margaret Atwood and “The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross also use nature to highlight the character’s inner conflicts, and the poems: “This Is a Photograph of Me”,…

educated on Canadian literature within English courses. Even though other writers from all cultures provide excellent teaching tools to assist with the provinces educational curriculum, the focus should be related to Canadian literature and it’s writers. As a matter of fact, the direr need for students to become accustomed with the literacy of Canada is greatly important. In all honesty, three reasons are; requiring to concentrate upon Canadian Literacy/culture besides neighbouring cultures,…

When it comes to all the various works of literature we explored throughout the course, I would argue that Eden Robinson’s short story “Dogs in Winter” is one of the most interesting and significant texts in our discussion of Canadian literature. Compared to other short stories we encountered in class, “Dogs in Winter” is unique in that its narrative style does not follow a chronological order. Instead the reader is shown little instances through Lisa’s narration starting from when young and in…

by institutions such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the National Film Board of Canada, is guided and defined by a climate of desire to cultivate a national identity that would set Canada’s global image aside from external influence. The vast landscape and great distance between various communities within Canada posed a challenge to uniting the country under one image of nationalism. The establishment of such cultural institutions acted as a link to which the people of Canada were…

The Irish author, Clive Staple Lewis, proclaimed that , "Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires...and it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become." (Lewis 10 July. 2015) Literature has reached the 20th century, where technology has rapidly accelerated. A common dilemma that is considered is whether or not the study of literature is potent anymore. The two articles, "The Value Of Nature" by…

ABSTRACT Literature is the art of life. It is fundamentally an expression of life through the medium of language. Literature reflects an interest in the world of reality as well as imagination. Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru is an Indian author and one of the best known Diastolic writers in Indian English Literature. His novels mostly deal with multiculturalism, globalization, technology, political and social problems, terrorism, diaspora and cultural identity. His second novel “Transmission” is one of…

In the book we read over the summer called How to Read Literature like a Professor, the list of a quest came up. The list consisted up our quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials, and the real reason to go. Over the past few years I have read three books that have had aspects of a quest come up throughout the books. The first book I have read which is also a story that is also a classic in literature. It is called Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet they…

The article “Of breathing holes and contact zones: Inuit-Canadian writer Markoosie in and through translation” by Valerie Henitiuk (2017) talks about Harpoon of the Hunter, a novel written by Markoosie and published serially between 1969 and 1970 in Canada and known for being the first Inuit novel. The article also discusses the translations of the novel into English and French, the unequal translation relationship between major and minor languages that many times has a history of colonialism…

his essay “My Creature from the Black Lagoon,” King takes a step away from horror and analyzes the imagination, or lack thereof, of his readers. By bringing forth elements of science, literature, and his own childhood, King is able to provide different stand points for which his can readers to connect. King starts off by recounting the first movie he remembers seeing as a child, Creature from the Black Lagoon. In his essay, King describes the creature as being a “scaly, batrachian monster” and…