HUMA 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pulp Magazine, Canadian Identity, Canadian Content
23 Jan 2017
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The roaring twenties: nationalism and canadian culture: literature + art. Before the 1900"s, canadian"s lacked cultural expression. Ex. bought british novels in bookstores or saw american plays. Those who did engage in painting or writing tended to copy american + european techniques. Painters drew ideal landscapes with soft colours. Peace treaty created a great deal of disillusionment. We began to see ourselves as a north american country. Ww1 created a great sense of nationalism that led to the cultural creation of the 20"s. Emergence of scholarly articles/journals in the 1920"s brought more attention to canadian content (hence why canadian publishers began publishing canadian authors) Most of the novels were pulp fiction. Pulp fiction dealt with lurid/sensational topics that were printed on low-quality paper. Canadians bought trashy pulp fiction due to harsh nationalism. Publishing houses also declared that canadian authors needed to be supported. Connor wrote quaint romantic stories about prairie life filled with romance/adventure.
