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Canadian literature also has some common traits. They include failure, human,
Anti-Americanion, multiculturation , nature , satire, and irony, self identity,
southern orantio golthic (a sub-genre which critiques the stereotypical
protestant mentality southern orantio), the underdog hero, urban rural so on.
Because Canada only officially became a country on July 1, 1867, it has
been argued that literature written before this time was colonial for example,
susanna Moodie and catheriene parr trail, English sisters who adopted the
country as their own more to Canada in 1832. They recorded their experiences
as pioneer in trails The Blackwoods of Canada (1836) and Canadian erusoes
(1852), Moodies Roughing it in the Bush (1852) and Life in the clearings
(1853) however, both women wrote until their death placing them in the
country for more than fifty years and certainly well past confederation.
Moreover their books often death with survival and the suggested Canadian
environment; these theme re-appear in other Canadian works, including
Margaret Atwoods survival Moddie and parr Traills sister Agnes Strickland
remained in England and wrote rlegant royal biographies, creating a strak
contrast by Canadian and English literature.
However, one of the earliest Canadian writers critically always included
in Canadian writer critically always included in Canadian writers urtually
always included in Canadian literacy anthologies is Thomas Haliburton (17961865), who died just two years before Canadians official birth. He is
remembered for his comic character Slik, who appeared in The clockmarker
and other humorous through Haliburtions life. Arguably, the best known living
Canadian writer internationally is Margaren Alwood. Some great 20th centuary
Canadian authors include Margaret Laurence. Gabrielle Roy and Carol shields.
This group along with Nobel laureate Alice Munro, who has been called the
best living writer short stories in English, were the first to elevate Canadian
literature to the world stage. During the post war decades only a handful of
books of any literacy merit were published each year in Canada, and Canadian
literature was viewed as an appendaged to British and American writing. Peot
Reonard cohens movel Losers (1966), was labeled by one reviewer, most
revolting books ever written in Canada. Canadian author Farley Mowat, best
known for his work, Never cry wolf, also author of Lost in the Barrens (1956).
Governor Generals Award winning childrens book.
Margaret Atwood has been a published author for more than fifty years.
She is well known for the intricauies of her poetry, the power of fiction and the
ilumumination of her literary criticism. As her reputation has grown steadily in
international circles, she has produced more than forty books that have been
translated into more than forty languages. But she has rooted most her writings
in her own country of Canada.