Writing the Tripple Whammy: Canadian-Jewish Québécois Identity, the Comedy of Self-Deprecation, and the Triumph of Duddy Kravitz
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Writing the Tripple Whammy: Canadian-Jewish Québécois Identity, the Comedy of Self-Deprecation, and the Triumph of Duddy Kravitz
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Abstract |
An examination of how Montreal novelist Mordecai Richler (1931-2001) used his "triple whammy" curse -- a member of a despised minority, living in a province alienated from and marginalized by a dominant national culture, and in a country forever looking enviously and anxiously at its more illustrious and powerful neighbour -- to his advantage. The author argues that Richler used his status as a member of three different stigmatized groups for the self-deprecating humour that characterizes his writing.
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Canadian Literature
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No. 207
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76-88
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Winter 2010
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en
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Brauner, David. “Writing the Tripple Whammy: Canadian-Jewish Québécois Identity, the Comedy of Self-Deprecation, and the Triumph of Duddy Kravitz.” Canadian Literature No. 207 (Winter 2010): 76–88.
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