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The road trip genre, well established in the literatures of Canada, is a natural outcome of the nation's obsession with geography. Divided Highways examines road narratives by Anglo-Canadian, Quebecois and Indigenous authors and the sense of place and nationhood in these communities. Geography describes the land, and history peoples it, just as memories connect us to place. This is why road trips are such a feature of writing in Canada, allowing the travellers to claim, at least symbolically, the terrain they have traversed. Macfarlane examines works by a variety of writers from each of these communities, including Gilles Archambault, Jeannette Armstrong, Jill Frayne, Tomson Highway, Claude Jasmin, Robert Kroetsch, Jacques Poulin, Aritha van Herk and Paul Villeneuve, to name but a few. Studying a diversity of road narratives from Anglo-Canadian, Quebecois and Indigenous populations not only demonstrates the existence of a very specific road genre, but is also revelatory of very diverse and often conflicting perceptions of nationhood. It is these expressions of sovereignty that are integral to ongoing discussions of reconciliation and decolonization.

Canadian literature --- Travel writing --- Travel in literature. --- Travel --- Authorship --- Voyages and travels in literature --- History and criticism. --- Aboriginal. --- Canadian studies. --- Cultural studies. --- Literary criticism. --- Quebec literature.

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Peu de cultures sont aussi marquées par les multiples représentations de l'espace que celles du Canada francophone. C'est par ces représentations, d'une étonnante richesse, que se comprennent aujourd'hui les notions d'identité, de classe, de langue, de communauté nationale et de généricité. Traversant les frontières des genres littéraires et des époques, les études du présent volume offrent un panorama saisissant d'une écriture très actuelle où se jouent l'appartenance et la migrance sur le continent américain. Diverse and original, Canada's Francophone cultures are truly founded on representations of space. Notions of gender identity, class, nation, language, and community can best be understood through spatial configurations. Encompassing all literary genres and historical periods, this collection of essays offers a stunning overview of a vibrant literary heritage in which issues of belonging and migrancy are at play.

840 <71> --- #KOHU:CANADIANA FRANS 2001 --- Franse literatuur--Canada --- 840 <71> Franse literatuur--Canada --- Litterature canadienne de langue francaise --- Espace et temps dans la litterature --- 20e siecle --- Histoire et critique --- Litterature canadienne francaise --- Boundaries in literature. --- French-Canadian literature --- Quebec literature --- Quebec novel --- Space and Time (Literature) --- History and criticism.