Le roman quebecois des annees 1990: Elements fondamentaux de la problematique identitaire.
| dc.contributor.author | Maddox, Kelly-Anne Madeline. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-21T12:38:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2004 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
| dc.description | The question of identity has been at the centre of Quebec literature since its very beginnings; Quebec writers continue to ponder their connection to the other and to search for a satisfactory means of defining the self. Our thesis examines the representation of identity during the 1990's in fiction by seven Quebec novelists: Ying Chen, Abla Farhoud, Sergio Kokis, Yan Muckle, Pierre Samson, Lise Tremblay and Elise Turcotte. This study is divided into two sections: solitude and self-other relationships. In the first part, we explore exile and memory. Both physical exile and internal exile are characterised by distance, isolation and marginalisation vis-a-vis the self and the other. Memory is also a solitary experience. On the one hand, it is often in the context of the solitude brought on by exile that characters embark on a quest to understand their past. On the other hand, memory symbolizes the absence of the other. We discuss interpersonal relationships and creation in the second part of this thesis; these two topics represent for certain characters the possibility to move beyond their solitude and participate in the world. Identity is always defined in the context of self-other relationships, and these relationships are based on language and on ethics; a lack of communication can devalue one's identity, whereas communication based on love and generosity is an affirmation of identity and serves as a testimonial to the profound respect which underlies all constructive human relationships. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Dalhousie University (Canada), 2004. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | AAINQ83730 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/54586 | |
| dc.language | fre | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Dalhousie University | en_US |
| dc.publisher | en_US | |
| dc.subject | Literature, Canadian (French). | en_US |
| dc.title | Le roman quebecois des annees 1990: Elements fondamentaux de la problematique identitaire. | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
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