ENG252Y1 Lecture 1: ENG252 09.26.17
Document Summary
Traditional novel but draws on a lot of complicated gothic conventions. Widely known as one of the first canadian novels. Term canadian is still in development during this time period but we look to it as a sort of foundational text. Published into the settlement period, but set in 1763 when most french colonial territories were being seeded to the british after the 7 years of war. Period when there was a lot of uncertainty regarding the colonial settling in canada. Novel offers a historical retelling of the siege. The novel takes this historical event and dramatizes it as the sort of crucible that gave the rise of canada as a colony independent. One of the key influences was james fenimore cooper"s the last of the mohicans (1826) Considered a foundational text in the american literary canon. Offers a retelling of real historical events and dramatizes class between french british and indigenous forces as they fought for control.
