The false traitor, Louis Riel in Canadian literature
grantor: University of Toronto The nineteenth-century Métis leader Louis Riel has emerged as one of the most popular—and elusive—figures in Canadian culture. Since his hanging for treason in 1885, the self-declared David of the New World has been depicted by Canadian novelists, poets, and playwright...
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ftunivtoronto:oai:localhost:1807/13415 2023-05-15T16:16:40+02:00 The false traitor, Louis Riel in Canadian literature Braz, Albert Raimundo 1999 18820237 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1807/13415 http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0001/NQ41111.pdf en en_US eng http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0001/NQ41111.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1807/13415 Riel Rebellion 1885 in literature Canadian literature History and criticism Riel Rébellion de 1885 dans la littérature Littérature canadienne Histoire et critique Thesis 1999 ftunivtoronto 2020-06-17T11:11:44Z grantor: University of Toronto The nineteenth-century Métis leader Louis Riel has emerged as one of the most popular—and elusive—figures in Canadian culture. Since his hanging for treason in 1885, the self-declared David of the New World has been depicted by Canadian novelists, poets, and playwrights variously as a traitor to Confederation; a French-Canadian and Catholic martyr; a bloodthirsty rebel; a pan-American liberator; a pawn of shadowy white forces; a Prairie political maverick; a First Nations hero; an alienated intellectual; a victim of Western industrial progress; and even a Father of Confederation. The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate how a historical figure, someone who supposedly existed in space and time, could be portrayed in such contradictory ways. Especially in light of the fact that most aesthetic representations of Riel bear little resemblance not only to one another but also to their ostensible model, it is suggested that those works are only nominally about the Métis leader himself. That is, they reveal less about the politician-mystic than they do about their authors and the society to which they belong. Ph.D. Thesis First Nations University of Toronto: Research Repository T-Space |
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grantor: University of Toronto The nineteenth-century Métis leader Louis Riel has emerged as one of the most popular—and elusive—figures in Canadian culture. Since his hanging for treason in 1885, the self-declared David of the New World has been depicted by Canadian novelists, poets, and playwrights variously as a traitor to Confederation; a French-Canadian and Catholic martyr; a bloodthirsty rebel; a pan-American liberator; a pawn of shadowy white forces; a Prairie political maverick; a First Nations hero; an alienated intellectual; a victim of Western industrial progress; and even a Father of Confederation. The primary objective of this thesis is to investigate how a historical figure, someone who supposedly existed in space and time, could be portrayed in such contradictory ways. Especially in light of the fact that most aesthetic representations of Riel bear little resemblance not only to one another but also to their ostensible model, it is suggested that those works are only nominally about the Métis leader himself. That is, they reveal less about the politician-mystic than they do about their authors and the society to which they belong. Ph.D. |
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