ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Scallion, French Toast, Umbilical Cord
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O authors continue to innovate, explore, and experiment w/ the. Canadian ss genre in ways that we might observe patterns and commonalities, but we will also note and respect their individual expression, individual work w/in the genre. Authors explore issues of immigration in the genre thematics of adaption, in-betweenness (communities, cultural groups, families) Limited exposure to the characters in the narratives can intensify the powerful feelings evoked by the situation, leave lingering questions for us to reflect on more deeply the characters" fates. Loss developed through the possibility and the failure of this possibility. Madeleine thien born in vancouver to chinese-malaysian parents: alice munroe: emotional purity of thien"s writing, not autobiographical but draws on observations of her. How various writers use the genre to articulate their own cultural expressions neighbourhood. Existing b/w worlds - born in canada but sister and daughter of immigrants puts her in a productive place to channel the experiences of immigrants in narrative.
