Title: The "confluence of spirit, idea, and image" : the North in Canadian culture in the interwar period
Source document: Beyond the 49th Parallel: many faces of the Canadian North. Le Calvé Ivičević, Evaine (Editor); Polić, Vanja (Editor). 1st edition Brno: Masaryk University, 2018, pp. 167-176
Extent
167-176
Stable URL (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/digilib.81460
Type
Article
Language
English
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open access
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Description
This article looks at examples from literature, drama and painting to see how representations of the Canadian North contributed to defining the cultural identity of the nation. Wellknown paintings by the Group of Seven inspired poems, novels and plays offering a uniquely Canadian atmosphere in the interwar period, and a recent exhibition confirms that curators show an interest towards these works even in the new millennium.
L'auteur de l'article étudie, à partir d'exemples puisés au domaine de la littérature, du théâtre et de la peinture, la manière dont les représentations du Nord canadien ont contribué à la définition de l'identité nationale. Les oeuvres bien connues du Groupe des Sept ont inspiré aussi bien des poèmes que des romans, voire des pièces de théâtre, proposant une atmosphère particulière du Canada de l'époque de l'entre-deux-guerres. Une récente exposition témoigne de l'intérêt porté à ces tableaux, même de nos jours.
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