Racism, Colonialism, and the Politics of Multiculturalism in Contemporary West Coast Canadian Literature

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370341
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Sugiyama Jogakuen University
• Principal Investigator: TODA YUKIKO 椙山女学園大学, 国際コミュニケーション学部, 教授 (40367636)
• Research Collaborator: Lai Larissa カルガリー大学, 准教授 ; Goto Hiromi , 作家 ; Miki Roy サイモンフレーザー大学, 名誉教授 ; Rea Christopher ブリティッシュコロンビア大学, 准教授 ; McAllister Kirsten サイモンフレーザイ大学, 准教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 英語圏文学 / 現代カナダ西海岸文学 / 多文化主義 / ポストコロニアル / ラリッサ・ライ / マドレン・ティエン / ウェイド・コンプトン / イーデン・ロビンソン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Post 21st century Canadian minority literature differs from traditional immigrant stories of victimization. Such change emerged, not because racial equality has been achieved, but to criticize racism that has become more covert and complex after the enactment of the Canadian Multicultural Act. My research examined the various experimental narrative strategies explored by Canadian minority literary writers including Wayde Compton, Larissa Lai, Madeleine Thien, and Eden Robinson. This research makes apparent how their works challenge the social framework set by the dominating class, and question the power structure that continues to maintain inequality, and by doing so, attempts to make apparent the politics of racism, colonialism, and multiculturalism.

Free Research Field

英語圏文学