| Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology Subjects: Canadian literature (English -- Native authors -- History and criticism; Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Nationalism and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century; In the context of Northrop Frye's theories of myth, and in light of the attempts of social critics and early anthologists to define Canada and Canadian literature, McKenzie discusses the ways in which our decidedly fractured sense of literary nationalism has set indigenous culture apart from the mainstream. McKenzie Stephanie : Stephanie McKenzie teaches in the Department of English at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Corner Brook. |