ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: George Elliott Clarke, English-Based Creole Languages, Black Canadians
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George elliot clarke and m. nourbese philip: disrupting hegemonic conceptions of canadian identity became important in this period of time: the settlement period, rise of african canadian literature, actually been going on forever but not until 80s and. 90s that it began to gain recognition at a national level, possibly thanks to anthologies: eying the north star, directions in african canadian literature, etc. Canadian history and literature, feared as potential spoilers of white canadian. Caribbean. (xiii: the king james scriptures melded with east coast spirituals, new orleans jazz, A discourse diced with motown slang, caribbean creole, approximated queen"s. English, gilt haitian french, canuck neologisms, and african patois. : multiplicity of languages and speaking voices, diversity of rhetorical styles, these are all prominently showcased in the selection of poems in the readings. How does this slippage speak to the challenges that come along with trying to express an.