ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Confederation Poets, Animal Stories, Canadian Literature
Document Summary
Among canada"s first literary movement confederation poets. Combination of nationalism and his literary cosmopolitanism. Many of his works explore the relation of man tot he wilderness and the discussion of the aesthetic representation of animals. From the settlement period to the point-confederation period. The post-confederation period: period of intense nation-building, 1867 nova scotia, new brunswick and the province of canada united as the. Dominion of canada: ongoing debates surrounding the threat of american encroachment/annexation, 1870 federal government purchases rupert"s land (bc, sk and ab), inaugurating push to settle the canadian west, 1881 incorporation of canadian pacific railway. Gave the dominion the sea to sea span promised by its motto a mari usque ad mare. : most angelo-canadian were right to british identity but there was also a growing popularity of the establishment of a canadian identity. The canadian animal story > staple of short fiction in canadian context.
