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“A foreign language in a familiar country”, or Language, Genealogy, and the City in Marianne Ackerman’s Jump
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“A foreign language in a familiar country”, or Language, Genealogy, and the City in Marianne Ackerman’s Jump
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The author notes that Marianne Ackerman's 2001 novel Jump portrays the conflicts and interdependencies between Francophones in Quebec and Anglo-Quebecers. Relations between two groups, she points out, are presented by what happened to mature journalist Myra Grant. Although linguistically “Anglo”, Myra Grant treats her Irishness and her living in Montreal as two centers of her identity. For Myra, English as well as the city of Montreal constitute more of a homeland than all of Canada, perceived here as an abstract notion, little relevant to the experience of Quebec. The province presents itself as a place of great artistic quality, "a nation of muses" (Jump 82) where "art counts" (Jump 82). As alternative concepts of nation, in addition to the issue of mother tongue, there is a solution to the identity dilemmas of the late twentieth century, which continues into the twenty-first century.
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TransCanadiana : Polish Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue Polonaise d'Études Canadienne
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Vol. 6
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157-167
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2013
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en
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Czarnowus, Anna. “‘A Foreign Language in a Familiar Country’, or Language, Genealogy, and the City in Marianne Ackerman’s Jump.” TransCanadiana : Polish Journal of Canadian Studies / Revue Polonaise d’Études Canadienne Vol. 6 (2013): 157–167. http://www.ptbk.org.pl/pliki/TransCanadiana_6_2013.pdf.
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