Book Review: MIHAELA MUDURE, “ALTE LECTURI CANADIENE / OTHER CANADIAN READINGS”. CLUJ-NAPOCA: CASA CĂRȚII DE ȘTIINȚĂ, 2020, 195 P
It is a commonly held opinion that Canada’s political and economic contributions to the global scene are linked almost exclusively with the tipping points of history, such as the two World Wars and some more recent conflicts. Indeed, if Canada has a “great story” to tell, as Prime Minister Justin...
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| Published in: | Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philologia Vol. 67; no. 4 |
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| Format: | Book Review |
| Language: | German |
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Cluj University Press
01.12.2022
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| ISSN: | 1220-0484, 2065-9652 |
| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | It is a commonly held opinion that Canada’s political and economic contributions to the global scene are linked almost exclusively with the tipping points of history, such as the two World Wars and some more recent conflicts. Indeed, if Canada has a “great story” to tell, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared some years ago in an interview given to Maclean’s magazine, to many it remains unclear wherein this alleged greatness lies. And yet, on the literary stage, Canadian voices have been an integral part of a more convincing narrative, as demonstrated by the internationally-acclaimed names of Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro or Michael Ondaatje, to mention but a few. |
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| ISSN: | 1220-0484 2065-9652 |