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Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology
Stephanie McKenzie
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paperback. In the context of Northrop Frye's theories of myth, and in light of the attempts of social critics and early anthologists to define Canada and Canadian literature, McKenzie discusses the ways in which our decidedly fractured sense of literary nationalism has set indigenous culture apart from the mainstream. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DSBH; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Canada witnessed an explosion in the production of literary works by Aboriginal writers, a development that some critics have called the Native Renaissance. In Before the Country, Stephanie McKenzie explores the extent to which this growing body of literature influenced non-Native Canadian writers and has been fundamental in shaping our search for a national mythology.
In the context of Northrop Frye's theories of myth, and in light of the attempts of social critics and early anthologists to define Canada and Canadian literature, McKenzie discusses the ways in which our decidedly fractured sense of ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802094469
SKU
V9780802094469
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About Stephanie McKenzie
Stephanie McKenzie teaches in the Department of English at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook.
Reviews for Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology
"Before the Country provides an important antithesis to Romantic nationalism and obscure euphemisms that serve no purpose in reconciliation between Aboriginal Canadians and non-Aboriginal Canadians."
Naomi Mcllwraith
American Indian Culture and Research Journal 32.3 (2008)
"Indigenous literature of the 1960s and 1970s is often dismissed as ‘protest literature’; McKenzie, however, believes that it constitutes ‘a literature of ... Read more
Naomi Mcllwraith
American Indian Culture and Research Journal 32.3 (2008)
"Indigenous literature of the 1960s and 1970s is often dismissed as ‘protest literature’; McKenzie, however, believes that it constitutes ‘a literature of ... Read more