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Sawchuk, Sharon. The origin of a Canadian philosophy demonstrated through literature. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-1gdj-a037

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TitleThe origin of a Canadian philosophy demonstrated through literature
NameSawchuk, Sharon (author); Charmé, Stuart Z (chair); Bartkowski, Frances (outside member); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2020
Other Date2020-10 (degree)
SubjectLiberal Studies, Philosophy -- Canada, Canadian literature
Extent1 online resource (ii, 40 pages)
DescriptionUsing the medium of Canadian literature my capstone thesis explores the origin of the distinct Canadian philosophy. I suggest that these three authors intended this to be a dominant theme in their writing, illustrating the birth of a nation.

Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, and Carol Shields use their female characters to symbolically reel against the mother-country and all the restrictions she stood for. Their protagonists are female. Notable because while Canada is asserting its independence from the mother-country Canadian women are seeking equality and independence from their own limits of maternity. These authors seek to answer the question: is there such a thing as a Canadian philosophy. And if so. What is its origin.

This paper will present its origin as the product of Canada’s quest for dominion, a country taking agency away from its ancestral mother. Women were empowered to lead a similar path toward independence. Canadian nationalism and the Canadian women’s suffrage movement were born of the same era and followed the same course. Both factions fighting parallel paths for independence.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-1gdj-a037
LanguageEnglish
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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