Writing power and the power of writing in Quebec literature

Quebec literature of modern time seems to be haunted by the data of history, responsible for the reflection of reality, but longing for deliverance of the people as that of the writer or the text itself. The couple writing and power acquires in this sense the status of the predominant theme, reflecting the conflict between progressive opinion and the various bodies contrary to any freedom, independence, progress ... scorching conditions and stubborn authorities punctuate the fight savior of the writer who chooses linguistic and textual space to defeat the stagnation and traditionalism. The context of the Quiet Revolution inspired Quebecker novelists indeed a committed breath, raises the question of nationalism and identity, and installs the revolution in literature as theme and writing style. Cynical and rebellious characters, a language that violates the authority figures, scenes that parody the reality and fiction announces the institutional deprivation, rejection of conformity, domination and obsolete principles. Similarly, the forms of text, the narrative outline, the used language are railing against the canons and tradition. New vocabulary, a remodeled structure, tones and processes designed to literariness and another language that pierces and defends itself… Writing that emphasizes the idea of inventiveness and originality, which demonstrates the influence of the writer in reality is in fact designed as an instrument to achieve the apotheosis of the intellectual and the salvation of people, as the evidence and the way of access to modernity.

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Source https://theses.hal.science/tel-00759986
Author Zarai, Mehdi
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated June 2, 2026, 19:59 (UTC)
Created June 2, 2026, 19:59 (UTC)
Identifier NNT: 2012BOR30028
Language fr
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contributor Cultures, Littératures, Arts, Représentations, Esthétiques (CLARE) ; Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)
creator Zarai, Mehdi
date 2012-07-10T00:00:00
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