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The phenomenal development of writing and literary creation among the francophone communities of eastern Canada has gone largely unnoticed and unprobed outside the fragmented land of Acadia. Writing Acadia attempts for the first time to observe from a distance the invention of literature in oral Acadia, and to interpret, assess and order the manifold manifestations of the transition from epic story-telling to writing as a means of nation-building. Having begun to write, modern Acadia has truly (re)written herself into existence, an existence now threatened by postmodern unwriting of literature.
Destined not only for specialists but also and especially for readers with a general interest in literature, including students of all levels, Writing Acadia presents generous samples of Acadian poetry, drama and prose, with accompanying English translations.
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Writing Acadia. The Emergence of Acadian Literature, 1970-1990.
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Amsterdam-Atlanta, Rodopi. 1997, 1997
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Original publisher's sewn paperback, pictorial cover, 8vo: ij, 244pp., bibliography, index. Contents: Introduction. 1. An Unlikely Phenomenon. 2. From Orality to Writing. 3. From Writing to Literature. Chapter One: Writing Acadia Down. 1. (Re)making Acadian Literary History. 2. Acadia's Original Orality. 3. Acadia and the Middle Ages. 4. Pélagie-la-Charrette, the National Epic. 5. Cent ans dans les bois: The Mechanics of the Epic. 6. The Temptation of Writing. 7. The Limits of the Epic. 8. After the Epic: What? 9. Acadian Non-Epics. 10. First Novels. 11. Early Plays. Chapter Two: Rewriting Acadia. 1. Seeds of Revolt and Renewal. 2. The Poetry of Non-Acadia. a) From Rage to Hope. b) A Poetry of Grievance. c) Battling the Past. 3. The Poetry of a New Acadia. 4. The Dream Unwritten. Chapter Three: Unwriting Acadia. 1. Looking Back in Disillusionment. 2. Déjà vu. 3. Dissolving Acadia. a) Leaving Acadia. b) The Great Errance. c) A Universe of Acadianness. Chapter Four: Unwriting Writing. 1. Writing About Writing. 2. Writing (Im)possibilities. 3. The (Im)possibility of Writing. 4. Unwriting Writing. Chapter Five: Keeping Acadia in Writing. 1. Historical and ethnographic. 2. "Roman du terroir". 3. Individualist Novels. Chapter Six: Whither Acadian Writing ? 1. Antonine Deusse. 2. Raconte-moi Jacques Savoie. Very fine copy - as new., Volume 6: Chiasma. Seller Inventory # 160310
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