Encounters avec l'Autre in Contemporary Montreal Literature. Aspects of Francophone-Anglophone Interactions at the Turn of the New Millennium
Stefanie Rudig
Broschiertes Buch

Encounters avec l'Autre in Contemporary Montreal Literature. Aspects of Francophone-Anglophone Interactions at the Turn of the New Millennium

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A peculiar war is raging in Quebec s largest city: one talks about linguistic battles being fought daily in the streets of Montreal, where Anglophones are concentrated in the otherwise predominantly French-speaking province. The language dichotomy lies at the heart of Montreal s cultural history and reflects a relationship fraught with tensions between Canada s so-called Founding Nations. Following a history of francophone conquest, defeat, and reconquest, the two linguistic communities have at last reached a more harmonious modus vivendi at the turn of the twenty-first century.Writers have al...