Double Talking: Essays on Verbal and Visual Ironies in Canadian Contemporary Art and LiteratureLinda Hutcheon ECW Press, 1992 - 220 pages In the mass media today, as well as in high art and academia, there seems to be what one recent magazine has called an irony epidemic. This collection of essays considers irony in its Canadian literary and artistic context, with titles such as “Who Says That Canadian Culture Is Ironic?” and “Ironies of Color in the Great White North: The Discursive Strategies of Some Hyphenated Canadians.” |
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... anglo - Canadian location since , for over a generation now , high modernism has remained the badge of anglo - Canadian academic culture . By challenging the politics of race and gender within this movement , Findley shows implicitly ...
... anglo - Canadian location since , for over a generation now , high modernism has remained the badge of anglo - Canadian academic culture . By challenging the politics of race and gender within this movement , Findley shows implicitly ...
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... anglo - Canadian post- colonial identity depends on contrasting stereotypes of " being- Canadian " and " being - American , " Findley's reminder that the American exists within the Canadian mosaic is not flattering . Simi- larly , when ...
... anglo - Canadian post- colonial identity depends on contrasting stereotypes of " being- Canadian " and " being - American , " Findley's reminder that the American exists within the Canadian mosaic is not flattering . Simi- larly , when ...
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... anglo- Canadians , the prophecy of 1945 is reflected in the Duke's eyes near the end of the novel when he watches a Bahamian sunset : " When the breezes stirred the brim of his hat , the reflections could be seen of an Empire going out ...
... anglo- Canadians , the prophecy of 1945 is reflected in the Duke's eyes near the end of the novel when he watches a Bahamian sunset : " When the breezes stirred the brim of his hat , the reflections could be seen of an Empire going out ...
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
The Ironies of Canadian | 29 |
WHO SAYS THAT CANADIAN CULTURE IS IRONIC? | 39 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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