“Want to go down and see if the Lake’s still there?”: Custom and Resistance in Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades
Frequently commented-upon themes in Munro’s oeuvre include the mores of small societies, gender roles, and episodes that transform people’s lives. Munro’s first collection contains additional, subtler sub-themes or motifs: the fragility of particular moments, the frailty and persistence of voluntary...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:eccs_461 https://doi.org/10.4000/eccs.461 urn:doi:10.4000/eccs.461 en https://journals.openedition.org/eccs/461 2016-01-12T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ff7a All rights reserved “Want to go down and see if the Lake’s still there?”: Custom and Resistance in Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies Association française des études canadiennes (AFEC) info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2429-4667 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0153-1700 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/eccs Masel, Carolyn Munro Danse avec les ombres heureuses habitudes et résistance littérature canadienne Munro Dance of the Happy Shades Custom and resistance Canadian literature Frequently commented-upon themes in Munro’s oeuvre include the mores of small societies, gender roles, and episodes that transform people’s lives. Munro’s first collection contains additional, subtler sub-themes or motifs: the fragility of particular moments, the frailty and persistence of voluntary social contracts, the unpredictable behaviour of some individuals and the absurd nature of events. This essay connects the preoccupations of Dance of the Happy Shades with the creation of protagonists whose independence of mind is their only weapon against the larger forces of coercion. Both coercion and Munro’s strategies of resistance remain live issues, for Canadian and non-Canadian readers alike. Les chercheurs qui travaillent sur l’œuvre d’Alice Munro se penchent souvent sur les questions des mœurs dans les petites communautés, du rôle de la femme et de l’homme, et des épisodes qui transforment la vie. Sa première collection de nouvelles contient également d’autres motifs, moins saillants, plus subtils: la fragilité de moments particuliers, la persistance de contrats sociaux, les comportements inattendus de certains individus, et la nature absurde de certains événements. Cet article lie les motifs de Dance of the Happy Shades à la création de protagonistes pour lesquels la seule défense contre les forces de la contrainte, est leur esprit indépendant. La contrainte et les stratégies de résistance dans ce recueil, restent des problématiques vivantes, pour les lecteurs canadiens comme pour des lecteurs non-canadiens. |
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Frequently commented-upon themes in Munro’s oeuvre include the mores of small societies, gender roles, and episodes that transform people’s lives. Munro’s first collection contains additional, subtler sub-themes or motifs: the fragility of particular moments, the frailty and persistence of voluntary social contracts, the unpredictable behaviour of some individuals and the absurd nature of events. This essay connects the preoccupations of Dance of the Happy Shades with the creation of protagonists whose independence of mind is their only weapon against the larger forces of coercion. Both coercion and Munro’s strategies of resistance remain live issues, for Canadian and non-Canadian readers alike. |
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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 |
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