In the eyes of others : the rise of Canadian fiction

Title: In the eyes of others : the rise of Canadian fiction
Author: Staines, David
Source document: Canada in eight tongues : translating Canada in Central Europe. Kürtösi, Katalin (Editor). 1st edition Brno: Masaryk University, 2012, pp. 13-20
Extent
13-20
Type
Article
Language
English
License: Not specified license
Description
As Canadian fiction was developing in the twentieth century, critical forces in England and America were finding fault with it, even extending their subtle influence into criticism written in Canada. There was often debunking of the creative product for the sake of British or American tastes. Canadian fiction and the critical studies of it are now throwing off such vestiges of colonialism.
Au cours de l'évolution de la fiction canadienne au 20e siècle, les pouvoirs critiques anglais et américains lui ont trouvé maints défauts tout en influençant ainsi, d'une manière subtile, la critique canadienne. Les créations canadiennes ont été rejetées parce qu'elles ne convenaient pas au goût des Britanniques et des Américains. La fiction canadienne est en train de se débarasser des vestiges du colonialisme.
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