77 | 2014
Alice Munro’s short fiction writing
This issue of Revue Etudes Canadiennes/ Canadian Studies, (n°77) is devoted to Alice Munro’s short fiction writing and particularly to her first set of short-stories Dance of the Happy Shades. It is dedicated to a Canadian author who is not a household name in France. Alice Munro received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. This was a first for a Canadian author, leading observers to wonder if Canadian literature might be less « international » than other literatures in English.
Taking into account some « renewed » interest in Canadian literature, in France and in Europe, we encouraged contributors to think along two lines. First we wondered how Canadian, Munro’s writing was indeed (either in form or content), looking principally at her début story collection, Dance of the Happy Shades. Second of all, we invited academics to consider if Canadian literature in English was « less visible » than other English-speaking literatures in our university curricala.
The Revue is composed of a series of remarkable papers on Munro’s prose, style and motifs. All of them renew the traditional readings of Munro’s short fiction writing, particularly thanks to their original close-reading of her texts.
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Introduction [Texte intégral]
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Alice Munro : la reine de la nouvelle contemporaine
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Domesticated Shadows: Progress, permanence, and change in Alice Munro’s “working for a living” and “Boys and Girls” [Texte intégral]Les ombres apprivoisées : progrès, permanence et changement dans « Travailler pour gagner sa vie » et « Garçons et filles »
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Fathers and Other Clowns: Representations of Masculinity in Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades [Texte intégral]Pères et autres clowns : Représentations de la masculinité dans La Danse des ombres heureuses
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“Want to go down and see if the Lake’s still there?”: Custom and Resistance in Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades [Texte intégral]« Tu veux descendre pour voir si le lac est toujours là ? » Habitude et résistance dans La Danse des ombres heureuses
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Boring Gravel: Literary Earth, Alice Munro’s Ontario Geolithic [Texte intégral]Un gravier ennuyeux : terreau littéraire dans l’Ontario géolithique d’Alice Munro
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Varia – Prix de thèse AFEC 2014
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La frontière Canada États-Unis depuis le 11 septembre 2001 [Texte intégral]About the Canadian-US Border since September 11, 2001
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