Writing in the Father's House: The Emergence of the Feminine in the Quebec Literary Tradition

Patricia Smart

Published by University of Toronto Press 1991

Writing in the Father's House

The Emergence of the Feminine in the Quebec Literary Tradition

Patricia Smart

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487584689

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About this book

Patricia Smart studies the historical roots of this development in her study of gender differences in Quebec literature.

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Smart Patricia :

Patricia Smart is Professor of French and Canadian Studies at Careleton University. She is the author of Hubert Aquin, agent double: la dialectique de l'art et du pays dans 'Prochain épisode' et 'Trou de méemoire'.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Author's note on the English translation Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Traces of a murder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Angéline de Montbrun or the fall into writing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
2. Alphonsine Moisan's subversion: The voice of the repressed feminine in the novel of the land Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
3. Opening the house to the Other: The novels of Germaine Guèvremont Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
4. The defeated son and the rebellious daughter: The poetry of Saint-Denys Garneau and Anne Hébert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
5. When the voices of resistance become political: The Tin Flute or realism in the feminine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
6. The corpse under the foundations of the house: Violence to women in the contemporary Quebec novel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
7. What Oedipus sees: Hamlet's Twin and the impasse of 'his story' Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
8. Reclaiming Electra: The writing of France Théoret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
WORKS CITED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 316

eBook

Published: December 15, 1991
ISBN: 9781487584689