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Beyond Settler Consciousness: New Geographies of Nation in Two Novels by Margaret Laurence and Fiona Kidman
thesis
posted on 2021-11-09, 00:08 authored by Hanson, Paul MichaelThis thesis considers the role of geography in novels by Margaret Laurence and Fiona Kidman both as a structuring principle and as a key to their mapping of private and social consciousness. The spatiality of the novels is related to the tracing of a revised awareness of colonial history in the two settler countries in which they are set. The novels reflect not only the contemporary world in which they were written but also have continued bearing upon problematic pasts and the larger histories that shaped the cultures and societies of Canada and New Zealand.
History
Copyright Date
2008-01-01Date of Award
2008-01-01Publisher
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of WellingtonRights License
Author Retains CopyrightDegree Discipline
EnglishDegree Grantor
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of WellingtonDegree Level
MastersDegree Name
Master of ArtsVictoria University of Wellington Item Type
Awarded Research Masters ThesisLanguage
en_NZVictoria University of Wellington School
School of English, Film, Theatre and Media StudiesAdvisors
Williams, MarkUsage metrics
Keywords
20th century literatureCanadian literatureNew Zealand literatureGeography in literatureLiteracy criticismSchool: School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classifiedMarsden: 420206 North American (Literature Studies)Marsden: 420201 New Zealand Literature in EnglishDegree Discipline: EnglishDegree Level: MastersDegree Name: Master of ArtsLiterary Studies not elsewhere classified