Words On the Prowl: Quebec Literature and Gail Scott's Heroine

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 111-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Irvine
Keyword(s):  
Quebec Literature

What does Solitude Mean to the Aged?

1988 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 358-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc-André Delisle
Keyword(s):  
Social Isolation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Affective Needs ◽  
Quebec Literature ◽  
Comprehensive Study

AbstractThis article examines the extent and the meaning of solitude among the aged. A comprehensive study of the foreign, Canadian and Quebec literature was undertaken to prepare this document, but priority was given to the somewhat lesser known investigations originating from Quebec. First, the concepts most often utilized in discussing the phenomena under scrutiny were defined: solitude, social isolation and the feeling of loneliness. Then, the relative importance of each phenomenon was assessed, based on the available data. In order to fully understand the meaning of the facts observed, their causes were also examined. Finally, avenues for future research were proposed. This study suggests that solitude among the elderly is a more complex problem than believed. Even if the isolated and (or) lonely aged are in the minority, this does not mean that all their socio-affective needs are being met. These people spend long periods of time alone and this affects their lives. The problem as such is largely caused by the position the elderly occupy in the society and, in turn, this position probably influences their behaviour. However, gerontologists have scarcely studied this hypothesis. This article then highlights certain aspects of the solitude phenomenon which have so far been overlooked by gerontologists.

scholarly journals Portrait de l’écrivain en autodidacte

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Biron
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Social Value ◽  
The Self ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Literary Representations ◽  
Jean Paul ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Quebec Literature ◽  
The Revolution

L’écrivain devient rarement écrivain par les voies traditionnelles de l’école. En ce sens, il constitue toujours à quelque degré un autodidacte. Toutefois, la valeur sociale d’une telle figure, qu’il s’agisse de l’écrivain lui-même ou d’un personnage de fiction, varie considérablement selon les cultures et les époques. Dans La Nausée de Jean-Paul Sartre, l’Autodidacte est un personnage complexé qui envie le savoir et la culture de Roquentin. À l’inverse, on trouve nombre de textes littéraires où la figure de l’autodidacte est valorisée. C’est particulièrement vrai dans l’histoire de la littérature québécoise, depuis le XIXe siècle jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Cet article propose d’en faire la démonstration à travers une série d’exemples tirés de chacune des périodes, mais en insistant sur la figure de « l’autodidacte exemplaire » propre à la Révolution tranquille, qui oppose la culture comme désir à la culture comme héritage scolaire. Abstract A writer becomes rarely a writer through studying at school. Speaking of a self-made writer would seem tautological since every writer could pretend to be one at some extent. Nevertheless, the social value of the self-made writer and of it’s literary representations vary a lot from a country to another, and from a period of time to another. In La Nausée from Jean-Paul Sartre, the character of “L’Autodidacte” envy Roquentin’s background and try to walk in his step. At the opposite, there are many examples of literary texts where the self-made is appreciated, if not admired as the true possessor of culture. It’s often the case in the history of Quebec’s literature, from 19th century up to now. This article try to demonstrate such fortune of the self-made by studying examples of Quebec literature chosen in each of the main periods, but especially during the “Révolution tranquille” around the “autodidacte exemplaire” who refuse the culture as inheritance and worship culture as personal desire.

Blue Metropolis and the Evolution of Québec Literature

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 53-64
Author(s):  
Linda Leith
Keyword(s):  
Quebec Literature

scholarly journals Littératures migrantes: concept d’un champ littéraire excentrique

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
Sara Bédard-Goulet
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Quebec Literature

Abstract. Migrant Literatures: Concept from an Excentric Literary Field. This article focuses on the concept of migrant literatures as it was developed by literary studies in Quebec at the beginning of the 1980s. It examines the conditions that led to the emergence of the notion, such as the historical evolution, immigration policies and linguistic specificity, and compares it with the situation in France, where such a concept was not considered by literary theory until recently and still meets with a certain resistance to multiculturalism. Hybridity is a key term to define migrant literatures, a term that emerged alongside postmodernism, and contributes to reconsidering the traditional boundaries of national literatures, often based on a uniform vision of history and a territorial perspective of space. On a literary level, the emergence of migrant literatures can be attributed to the tendency, in Quebec literature, towards exile, as it represents itself in an excentric perspective. As such, it fosters a close relationship with alterity and welcomes multiple identities. Quebec literature has also been described as adventureless, mostly representing an idyll sheltered from the outer world. This paper suggests that this also can promote a fertile ground for migrant writers, whether they need a refuge from a difficult experience or can offer the adventure missing from the general trend of works.

Surrealism and Quebec Literature

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Bourassa ◽  
Mark Czarnecki
Keyword(s):  
Quebec Literature

The Dark Age of Enlightenment: An Essay on Québec Literature

1981 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 278
Author(s):  
P. Murphy ◽  
Camille R. La Bossière
Keyword(s):  
Age Of Enlightenment ◽  
Quebec Literature

scholarly journals Une ambassadrice des lettres québécoises

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvan G. Lepage
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
The State ◽  
English Canada ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
World War ◽  
French And English ◽  
Germaine Guevremont ◽  
Quebec Literature ◽  
Second World ◽  
Insight Into

Une étude de la correspondance entre Germaine Guèvremont et William Arthur Deacon montre comment Guèvremont, grâce à son bilinguisme et son ouverture d’esprit, a su encourager les efforts de Deacon pour faire mieux connaître la littérature québécoise au Canada anglais. Cette correspondance offre ainsi des renseignements précieux sur l’état de la littérature canadienne à l’époque, aussi bien française qu’anglaise, et sur l’évolution des mentalités dans les cénacles littéraires de Toronto après la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.AbstractA study of the correspondence between Germaine Guèvremont and William Arthur Deacon illustrates how Guèvremont, thanks to her bilingualism and spirit of openness, was able to aid Deacon in his efforts to make Québec literature better known in English Canada. This correspondence offers valuable insight into the state of Canadian literature, both French and English, at the time, and into the evolution of attitudes in Toronto’s literary circles in the aftermath of the Second World War.

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