Memory and Identity in Canadian Fiction: Self-Inventive Storytelling in the Works of Five Authors
Author:   Sharon Selby
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
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9780786497522


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   26 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Memory and Identity in Canadian Fiction: Self-Inventive Storytelling in the Works of Five Authors


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Covering the works of Canadian authors Alistair Macleod, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart, Margaret Atwood and Drew Hayden Taylor, the author explores how the themes of memory, storytelling and identity develop in their fiction. For the narrative voices in these works, the past is embedded in the present and a wider cultural history is written over with personal significance. The act of storytelling shapes the characters' lives, letting them rewrite the past and be haunted by it. Storytelling becomes an existential act of everyday connection among ordinary people and daily (often unrecognized) acts of heroism.

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Author:   Sharon Selby
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.268kg
ISBN:  

9780786497522


ISBN 10:   0786497521
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   26 September 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Autobiographical Memory and Narrative Identity One. Grounded in an Ephemeral Past: The Works of Alistair MacLeod Two. Beyond ­Self-Representation: Michael Ondaatje’s Artists (Billy the Kid, Buddy Bolden, the English patient, and Anna) Three. Speaking for a Nation’s People: Jane Urquhart’s Vision Four. The Weight of the Wor(l)d: Memory and Survival in Margaret Atwood’s The Journals of Susanna Moodie and the MaddAddam Trilogy Five. Decolonizing Through Story: Drew Hayden Taylor “Rights” the National Narrative Conclusion: Evolving Narratives and the Power of Story Chapter Notes Works Cited Index

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Sharon Selby is a professor of literature and writing at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.

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