Domesticated Shadows: Progress, permanence, and change in Alice Munro’s “working for a living” and “Boys and Girls”
In Dance of the Happy Shades, Munro re-evaluates mid-twentieth century ideals of progress by illuminating the effects of a growing urban consciousness bound to forever change Canada. Munro demonstrates how the complexities of progress often result in a troubling centralized control that attempts to...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies
2016
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | In Dance of the Happy Shades, Munro re-evaluates mid-twentieth century ideals of progress by illuminating the effects of a growing urban consciousness bound to forever change Canada. Munro demonstrates how the complexities of progress often result in a troubling centralized control that attempts to domesticate wilderness areas, animals, and human bodies. Although Munro portrays both the positive and negative effects of progress, she ultimately argues that despite its claims to efface the past and erect a better future, the shadows of Canada’s wild history will nonetheless abide. |
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