《贸易客源国概况》课件——2-1-2 加拿大文学的复杂性The Complexity of Canadian Literature.ppt

TheComplexityofCanadianLiterature授课教师马爱梅HowmuchdoyouknowaboutCanadianLiterature?

EnglishandFrencharetheofficiallanguagesofCanadaatthesametimehasbeenmadeintolaw,anditsliteraryhistorymustbecomposedoftwoparts:theliteraryhistoryofCanadianEnglishandthehistoryofCanadianFrenchliteraturewritteninthesetwolanguages.

CanadianEnglishliteratureisabrightpearlofworldEnglishliterature,shiningwithcharminglight.

Canadaisacountrywithacomplexhistoryofcolonization,immigration,andfederationwhichhasresultedinaprofusionofliteraryexpressionsthatcharacteristicallyepitomize“Canadian”cultural,aesthetic,andartisticvalues,involvingsuchelementsasgeography,history,nation,region,ethnicity,politics,etc...TheComplexityofCanadianLiterature

ThereisapervadingsenseofplaceinCanadianliterature.Asaresultofdifferenceinsocio-economicdevelopmentpeculiartoCanada’sdiverseregions,placeshavetheirparticularculturalconnotationsinCanadianculture.ThussettinginCanadianliteratureoftencarrysymbolic,social,cultural,andpsychologicalimplicationsorsignificance.

ThereisapervadingsenseofplaceinCanadianliterature.Asaresultofdifferenceinsocio-economicdevelopmentpeculiartoCanada’sdiverseregions,placeshavetheirparticularculturalconnotationsinCanadianculture.ThussettinginCanadianliteratureoftencarrysymbolic,social,cultural,andpsychologicalimplicationsorsignificance.

Sincethesecondhalfofthe20thcentury,withthedeepeningofglobalization,Canadianliteraturehasshowndistinctcharacteristicsofcosmopolitanliterature.

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