CDNS 2210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Denise Lee, Canadian Literature, Canadian Studies
26 Oct 2016
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Need a guide to canadian literature: a guide so people know how to read canadian literature. Influence of frye: she attended the university of toronto. Anti-colonial struggles: providing the country with symbols to unit rather than incorporating with the. Us: canon: the great works everyone has to know about canadian literature. Its not a neutral thing, it has a lot of complications: ca(cid:374)ada is depi(cid:272)ted as (cid:858)e(cid:373)pty(cid:859, colonial power of influences to canada the beak for independence slow endurances, not over night. Consequences and pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s (cid:449)ith frye a(cid:374)d at(cid:449)ood(cid:859)s readi(cid:374)g: they have been criticized for taking small amounts of sources (text), the type of texts they chose may have been a reflection of their own sociocultural context. Very selective account to what canadian culture may look like: another critique is that frye and atwood would find sources to the ideas they already have (finding what they are looking for.
