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Papers On Canadian Literature
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Comparative Literary Analysis of Timothy Findley’s “Not Wanted on the Voyage” and Jeffrey Eugenides’ “The Virgin Suicides”
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A 6 page paper which compares and contrasts the authors, their writing styles, they ways in which they convey themes, symbols, storylines, settings and characterizations and, in particular, considers the role of women in their respective novels. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TGvirnot.rtf
Comparing Joy Kogawa’s “Obasan” and Margaret Laurence’s “The
Stone Angel”
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This 5 page report discusses two stores of
childhood loss, deprivation and isolation. Two Canadian writers
tell the very different stories of two motherless girls growing
up. Both explore the human condition and both demonstrate the
directions in which a child may grow. Bibliography lists 2
sources.
Filename: BWobastn.wps
Ethel Wilson's Swamp Angel : Sense of Place
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In 5 pages, the author discusses the way in which sense of place was developed in "Swamp Angel" by Ethel Wilson. No other sources are cited.
Filename: PCewsa.doc
Farley Mowat's 'Never Cry Wolf'
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This 5 page essay discusses Farley Mowat's book, published in 1963, and based on an official survey by the Canadian Wildlife Service that was designed to study the impact of on the caribou population through a close study of their lives. The book underscores the fact that humans can only gain knowledge and awareness of nature by living as an intimate part of the environment. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Dontwolf.wps
Farley Mowat/Lost in the Barrens
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A 5 page book review that summarizes and analyzes the action in this "coming of age" novel about two boys who survive the Canadian wilderness due to their own resourcefulness. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmowat.rtf
Guy Vanderhaeghe's Short Story, "Dancing Bear"
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A 5 page paper which examines the theme of Canadian author Guy Vanderhaeghe's short story, "Dancing Bear." No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGgvbear.wps
Hodgins' After The Season
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This 5 page essay provides a tutorial on the
relationship between the use of setting, character and theme, relating
it to a discussion of Jack Hodgins' After The Season.
Filename: KThodgin.wps
Imagination in Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables'
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An eight page paper looking at this well-loved children's classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery in terms of its emphasis on the power of the imagination. The paper asserts that young children actually feel things more deeply than adults believe them to, and their imaginations can help them come to terms with a confusing and difficult world. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBanne.wps
Intranation -- Patricia Grace’s “Potiki” and Eden Robinson’s
“Monkey Beach”
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This 10 page report discusses novels written by
Patricia Grace (“Potiki”) and Eden Robinson (“Monkey Beach”). In
“Potiki,” the reader is able to see one community's response to
attacks on their ancestral values and symbols. In the process,
the relationship between people and the land they live on is
shown to have greater ties than can be imagined by the “typical”
urbanite. Likewise, “Monkey Beach” demonstrates that there are
people whose greater loyalties are more directly related to the
mystical connections that exist for some people in what are most
often dismissed as the ordinary occurrences of daily life. Both
novels explore the idea of the existence of intranations in the
modern world and the ideologies of the residents of those
intranations. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BWintran.wps
Learning to Live in Coady's "Strange Heaven"
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A five page paper looking at Canadian author Lynn Coady's novel in terms of the learning experiences its protagonist undergoes, both in the mental hospital and afterwards. The paper suggests that up to now Bridget has tended to think of events as cyclical, and she needs to readjust her thinking to perceive them as linear. No additional sources.
Filename: KBcoady.wps
Lori Lansens’ Novel “Rush Home Road”
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This is a 6 page paper reviewing and discussing elements of Lori Lansens’ Canadian novel “Rush Home Road”. Lori Lansens’ first novel, “Rush Home Road” is about the story of Adelaide (Addy) Shadd, a seventy-year old black women living in a trailer park, Lakeview, about twenty miles south of Chatham, Ontario near Lake Erie. Addy however did not live there all of her life but was born and raised in nearby Rusholme (“Rush Home”) which was a predominantly black community settled by former slaves smuggled into Ontario through the Underground Railroad. The novel is split into two stories which eventually come together in the end. The primary story is about Addy’s life growing up through hard circumstances in Rusholme, Detroit and Chatham while the secondary, or present day story, tells of Addy’s life in the trailer park while she takes care of a five-year old girl, Sharla Cody, who was abandoned by her “white trash” mother. Sharla is of mixed parentage which is how the two storylines come together in the end with Addy ending up again in Rusholme and inadvertently finding Sharla’s father. The novel fulfills several purposes. Firstly, from a Canadian perspective, Lansens has including many historical elements which add to the experiences of Addy while at the same time educating readers. Second, readers from Southwestern Ontario and especially those who grew up along the St. Clair River will enjoy many of the same childhood stories as did the author and Addy. Finally, from an international perspective, the story of Addy is appealing to all as it involves the story of a “hero” who has to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to finally return home.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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