Only by Knowing The Other Shalt Thou Know Thyself: Americanness and Britishness as Defining Forces for Canadianness in Hugh MacLennan’s Early Novels

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.47745/ausp-2024-0004" target="_blank" >10.47745/ausp-2024-0004</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Only by Knowing The Other Shalt Thou Know Thyself: Americanness and Britishness as Defining Forces for Canadianness in Hugh MacLennan’s Early Novels

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In the aftermath of World War II, Canada stood at a crossroads marked by mutual incomprehension and a lack of willingness to understand The Other on the part of both Anglo- and Franco-Canadians. At that time, its identity was only in the process of forming itself into a prospective national conscience. Hugh MacLennan was one of the few writers of that period to try to understand the full depths and intricacies of the historical burden characterizing the difficult coexistence of the two “Founding Nations.” In his specific, personal way, MacLennan tried to show and prove that these national, linguistic, social, as well as religious barriers should be finally abandoned as a matter of the past. Communicating his sympathies and understanding for the French-speaking “minority” within the whole of Canada through his novels may seem to be, yet is not, his primary goal. Another significant objective of his frequently didactic novels was to show the undeniably influential role of Britishness and Americanness in the process of “defining Canada’s Canadianness.” This issue was even more important than attempting to solve the endless, insoluble skirmishes between the English and French Canadians. Not only were the striking differences between Canadians, and Americans and the British a way to help define Canadianness, but the encounter(s) with The Other on the outside presented a potential prospect of solidifying and strengthening the “internal Canadian bond,” with MacLennan’s oeuvre contributing to the very definition of the modern Canadian nation’s identity. Taking into account views related to the post-colonial theories, the article (re)confirms the position of MacLennan aspiring to be the nation’s first true post-colonial (or non-colonial) writer.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Only by Knowing The Other Shalt Thou Know Thyself: Americanness and Britishness as Defining Forces for Canadianness in Hugh MacLennan’s Early Novels

Popis výsledku anglicky

In the aftermath of World War II, Canada stood at a crossroads marked by mutual incomprehension and a lack of willingness to understand The Other on the part of both Anglo- and Franco-Canadians. At that time, its identity was only in the process of forming itself into a prospective national conscience. Hugh MacLennan was one of the few writers of that period to try to understand the full depths and intricacies of the historical burden characterizing the difficult coexistence of the two “Founding Nations.” In his specific, personal way, MacLennan tried to show and prove that these national, linguistic, social, as well as religious barriers should be finally abandoned as a matter of the past. Communicating his sympathies and understanding for the French-speaking “minority” within the whole of Canada through his novels may seem to be, yet is not, his primary goal. Another significant objective of his frequently didactic novels was to show the undeniably influential role of Britishness and Americanness in the process of “defining Canada’s Canadianness.” This issue was even more important than attempting to solve the endless, insoluble skirmishes between the English and French Canadians. Not only were the striking differences between Canadians, and Americans and the British a way to help define Canadianness, but the encounter(s) with The Other on the outside presented a potential prospect of solidifying and strengthening the “internal Canadian bond,” with MacLennan’s oeuvre contributing to the very definition of the modern Canadian nation’s identity. Taking into account views related to the post-colonial theories, the article (re)confirms the position of MacLennan aspiring to be the nation’s first true post-colonial (or non-colonial) writer.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60206 - Specific literatures

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

ISSN

2067-5151

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

16

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

RO - Rumunsko

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

40-55

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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