FRE 312: French Language Practice II

A novel of survival and memory, Menaud, master-draver borrows from Homer and Virgil some of their most beautiful accents to sing the pride of the man struggling to preserve the integrity of his country and his home. Without a doubt one of the most outstanding works of Quebec literature, Bishop Savard's novel is a call to freedom, that of the heart as that of a people.

Menaud, maître-draveur. English
The French writers of Canada series French-Canadian fiction 20th century.
French-Canadian fiction.
1900-1999

Between World War I and 1959, Canadian literature went through evolutionary changes related to cultural, economic and political events. Agents for literary change, cited in the volume's foreword by editor W.H. New, included a group of Toronto-based painters known as the Group of Seven; new literary journals that presented verse and opinions of English- and French-speaking writers; Quebec's separatist movement; and the push by the nation's ethnic minorities to establish multi rather than biculturalism.

Pierre Baillargeon. Harry Bernard. Rex Desmarchais. Léo-Paul Desrosiers. Robert Elie. André Giroux. Germaine Guèvremont. François Hertel. André Langevin. Roger Lemelin. Clément Lockquell. Jean-Jules Richard. Philippe Panneton (Ringuet) Robert de Roquebrune. Gabrielle Roy. Yves Thériault. Félix-Antoine Savard. Roger Viau. Aspects du roman. Connaissance du personnage