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Essai and society in modern Quebec

Tuesday, March 11
11:45 AM
Humanities 401

In the early 1960’s, Quebec society underwent drastic change. This period, which is now known as the “quiet revolution,” set down the basic infrastructure for modern Quebec. Literature was an actor for change and one of its primary tributaries, especially through the genre known as the essai. This presentation will give an overview of modern Quebec, the essai as a literary genre, and of their intersections


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