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An Ultraminor Literature: English Writing in Montreal
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An Ultraminor Literature: English Writing in Montreal
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The crosslinguistic power relations that govern Québécois literature and English writing in Quebec, which is produced mostly in Montreal, is examined by the author through the lens of “ultraminority” with the aim of better situating these two minor literatures on local and global levels. The author points out that although the last thirty years of literary research on the topic has solidly established the asymmetrical power distribution in their relationship, these two literatures are still both qualified as minor. But, she asks, what exactly does being minor signify in Quebec's contemporary literary context? She concludes that the shifting vantage point of literary and linguistic minorityness has created an interesting situation in which Quebec's English-language writing, by donning the attribute of ultraminor, could potentially increase the capacity of Québécois literature, a French-language literature, to accrue symbolic capital on the global level.
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Translation and the Global City : Bridges and Gateways
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Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
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2021
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19 pages
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en
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978-0-367-55568-9
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Leconte, Marie. “An Ultraminor Literature: English Writing in Montreal.” In Translation and the Global City : Bridges and Gateways, edited by Judith Weisz Woodsworth, 19 pages. Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
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