What Filiation Narrative for Canadian Inuit?
The rise of filiation narratives, observed in France since the end of the 1970s and confirmed by the publication of Annie Ernaux's A Man´s Place (1983) and Pierre Michon's Small Lives (1984), is contemporary with the "symbolic birth" of French or English speaking Inuit literature...
| Published in: | Cahiers Erta |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | French |
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Uniwersytet Gdański. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
2019
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4467/23538953CE.19.021.11068 https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1628050.pdf https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1628050 |
| Summary: | The rise of filiation narratives, observed in France since the end of the 1970s and confirmed by the publication of Annie Ernaux's A Man´s Place (1983) and Pierre Michon's Small Lives (1984), is contemporary with the "symbolic birth" of French or English speaking Inuit literature in Canada. Through the analysis of certain "founding works" of the Inuit novel (namely Harpoon of the Hunter by Markoosie Patsauq and Sanaaq by Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk), the article expands on its thematic, generic and axiological similarities as well as its differences compared to the European model. It also outlines the subsequent evolution of the genre through new generations of Inuit writers (Alice Masak French, Mini Aodla Freeman, Norma Dunning, Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak or Aviaq Johnston). |
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