Fiction that reconsiders, challenges, reshapes, and/or upholds
national narratives of history has long been an integral aspect of
Canadian literature. Works by writers of historical fiction (from
early practitioners such as John Richardson to contemporary figures
such as Alice Munro and George Elliott Clarke) propose new views
and understandings of Canadian history and individual relationships
to it. Critical evaluation of these works sheds light on the
complexity of these depictions.
The contributors in "National Plots: Historical Fiction and
Changing Ideas of Canada" critically examine texts with subject
matter ranging from George Vancouver's west coast explorations to
the eradication of the Beothuk in Newfoundland. Reflecting diverse
methodologies and theoretical approaches, the essays seek to
explicate depictions of "the historical" in individual texts and to
explore larger questions relating to historical fiction as a genre
with complex and divergent political motivations and goals.
Although the topics of the essays vary widely, as a whole the
collection raises (and answers) questions about the significance of
the roles historical fiction has played within Canadian culture for
nearly two centuries.
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