New World Myth: Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in Canadian Fiction FROM THE PUBLISHER
Marie Vautier's emphasis on de-constructing, de-centring, de-stabilizing, and especially de-mythologizing illustrates how New World myth narrators question the past in the present and carry out their original investigations of myth, place, and identity. Underlining the fact that political realities are encoded in the language and narrative of the six works she examines, Vautier argues that the reworkings of literary, religious, and historical myths and political ideologies in these novels are grounded in their shared situation of being in and of the New World.
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In this comparative study of six Canadian novels, such as George Bowering's and Joy Kogawa's , Vautier (Canadian literature, U. of Victoria) discusses new visions about myth in the postcolonial context. She argues that a novel's self-conscious reexamination of historical events warp the traditional function of myth, and thus the reworkings of literary, religious, and historical myths in these novels are grounded in their shared status as New World writings. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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