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It’s a Big Books’ World
New cut of an essay published a few years ago in the literary journal Canadian Notes & Queries, it deals with the need for ambitious social novels about Canada and its place in the modern world. There is a conspicuous shortage of these. When one compares « CanLit » (a primarily exclusionary term that ignores much of lettres québécoises and Indigenous storytelling) with American lit, one has to ask why. The answer is that this is more a reflection of the artificial limitations created by gatekeepers than the efforts of writers.
Nouvelle coupe d'un essai publié il y a quelques années dans la revue littéraire Canadian Notes & Queries, elle traite du besoin de romans sociaux ambitieux sur le Canada et sa place dans le monde moderne. Il y en a une pénurie flagrante. Quand on compare «CanLit» (un terme principalement d'exclusion qui ignore une grande partie des lettres québécoises et des contes autochtones) à l'éclairage américain, il faut se demander pourquoi. La réponse est que cela reflète davantage les limitations artificielles créées par les portiers que les efforts des écrivains.
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