ENG252Y1 Lecture : Anthology notes
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Irony: linda hutcheon can lit is distinguished by irony . The belief that european society is the benchmark of civilization by which other societies are judged. Ideals didn"t hold true when displaced in canada adaption. How persistent its, refuse to see otherwise: imposing a view on the world. Both author"s are british with only an experience in canada appealing to a british audience. Not marked by triumph but disappointment and tragedy, explorers mistakes. Not meant to be literary but factual accounts, commercial and colonial use. Whole new notion of new world, the north. Follows conventions of survival narratives: fiction and nonfiction robinson crusoe linked with franklin diaries. Crusoe makes a new civilization in a new place. 1606 la theatre de neptune by marc lescarbot preformed in port royal, acadia (nova. 1769 the history of emily montague by frances brooke published in the uk, romance set in. Part of the appeal is the newness, exoticism of the north.
