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The essay compares the coeval books of Carol Shields (The Stone Diaries) , Jane Urquhart (Away) and Nancy Huston (Plainsong), gathers a group of similarities and builds on them the hypothesis of the birth of the new literary subgenre of the Canadian female family saga.

The Beginnings of a New Canadian ‘Genre’: The Family Saga Written by Women / P. Loreto - In: Europe Looks at Canada: 16 Essays by Young Scholars Presented at the European Graduate Students´ Seminar in Canadian Studies at Lund University, 19 - 22 September 1996 / [a cura di] P. Rygh, P. Streijffert. - first. - Lund, Sweden : The Nordic Association for Canadian Studies, 1999. - pp. 103-116 (( convegno European Graduate Students´ Seminar in Canadian Studies tenutosi a Lund nel 1996.

The Beginnings of a New Canadian ‘Genre’: The Family Saga Written by Women

P. Loreto
Primo
1999

Abstract

The essay compares the coeval books of Carol Shields (The Stone Diaries) , Jane Urquhart (Away) and Nancy Huston (Plainsong), gathers a group of similarities and builds on them the hypothesis of the birth of the new literary subgenre of the Canadian female family saga.
Canadian literature ; Carol Shields, Jane Urquhart ; Nancy Huston ; genre ; family saga ; gender ; women writing
Settore L-LIN/11 - Lingue e Letterature Anglo-Americane
Settore L-LIN/10 - Letteratura Inglese
1999
Lund University
Nordic Association for Canadian Studies
Book Part (author)
03 - Contributo in volume
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