ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Red River Colony, English Canada, Central Force
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The contemporary period, 1960s and 70s: canada"s periods are later, era of strong canadian cultural nationalism influenced by 3 key factors: Cultural policies that came about as a result of the massey. "a vast and disproportionate amount of material coming from a single alien source may stifle rather than stimulate our own creative effort" -> poet gone to manhattan -> american culture might damage the canadian culture and literature. Main stages of canadian culture were formed at this time e. g. media platforms, television (cbc) Archival, historical identity quest (emblematic of canadian"s self determination in post war period) tone -> i. e. atwood"s. The war was opposed by majority canadians, protests. National pride in affirming our difference with u. s. > literature to articulate our difference with u. s. (atwood"s novel on quebec cottage difference with american tourists - thought each other are americans -> affirming and questioning: canadian literature became a distinct field of study (frye, atwood)
