ENGL 359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Epic Records, Ecofeminism, Ecosophy
11 Nov 2017
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The ecstasy of rita joe - play that caused controversy and thinking. Born to ukrainian immigrants in northern alberta. 1949 (17) he won a creative writing scholarship in banff and from 1950 to 1954. Impoverished and faced ethnic discrimination he was a radio producer. Wrote poetry and fiction at this time. Moved to bc in 1963 where he had 5 children and continued to write. Writing and staging of the ecstasy of rita joe was his high point. May have been denied spot in literary mainstream due to associations with the communist party + criticism of canadian society. A prophet denied in his own land . Autobiographical - ryga"s impoverished homestead in alberta. Television drama called indian from his short story the pine tree. The murder of a native girl in a slum rooming house. Well received in vancouver - sympathetic reviewers. Only wholly negative canadian review was written by [] toronto critic,
