What is Québécois Literature?: Reflections on the Literary History of Francophone Writing in Canada

Rosemary Chapman

The question ‘What is Québécois literature?’ may seem innocent and answerable, yet Rosemary Chapman's compelling study shows that to answer it is to chart the cultural history of French Canada, to put francophone writing in Canada in postcolonial context and to ask whether literary history, with its focus on the nation, is in fact obsolete.This remarkable book will be compulsory reading for scholars well-versed in francophone postcolonial studies and will also act as an ideal introduction for Anglophone scholars of Canadian literature.

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What is Québécois Literature?

Reflections on the Literary History of Francophone Writing in Canada

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Tables
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-25

Chronology
pp 26-42

1 - How has the literary history of francophone Canada been told in the twentieth century?
pp 43-102

2 - Literary history in the curriculum
pp 103-138

3 - The literary anthology as a tool of literary history
pp 139-176

4 - What does a nation-shaped literary history exclude from within and beyond Quebec?
pp 177-204

Conclusion: Is there a future for francophone Canadian literary history/ies?
pp 205-210

Notes
pp 211-254

Bibliography
pp 255-283

Index
pp 284-292

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