Essays about: "Marian Engel"
Found 3 essays containing the words Marian Engel.
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1. "Words Hide Truth": National belonging in Marian Engel’s Bear and Tessa McWatt’s Out of My Skin
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – MediaAbstract : The famous problem of Canadian Literature in the contemporary critical landscape is how it, as an institution, denies all but certain kinds of identities. Alexander Beecroft suggests that a national literature, through its attempts to locate and articulate a communal identity and a notion of fellow-feeling, curates characteristics among members of previously numerous groups which can function to denote nationalistic identity. READ MORE
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2. The Amazon Archers of England : Longbows, gender and English nationalism 1780–1845
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : In the 1780s the medieval weapon of war; the English longbow, enjoyed a renaissance, as historical archery became a fashionable recreation among the English aristocracy. Later, during 1819-1845, longbow archery developed into a mass movement, as it spread downwards in the English class system, into the bourgeoning middle class. READ MORE
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3. "What Am I? What Do I Want?" : An analysis of The Glassy Sea by Marian Engel
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : The essay is a study of The Glassy Sea by the Canadian author Marian Engel. The novel focuses on the main character's self exploration ans her search for identity. A Jungian approach to this novel is particularly appropriate since the author makes use of several achetypes and symbols. READ MORE