Canadian cultural identity, disillusionment, and isolation in contemporary realistic Canadian young adult fiction

This study explores Canadian cultural identity in a selection of contemporary realistic dark-themed Canadian Young Adult (YA) fiction: The Lottery by Beth Goobie, The Space Between by Don Aker, The Beckoners by Carrie Mac, and Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai. Using close reading, the...

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Main Author: Wilcox, Mary Elizabeth
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23505