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Leaving Shadows: Literature in English by Canada's Ukrainians de Lisa Grekul

Leaving Shadows: Literature in English by Canada's Ukrainians

Autor Lisa Grekul
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 dec 2005
"On our way home, we stopped in Vegreville for one last look at the Pysanka-and, posing in front of it while my dad pulled out his camera, I wanted to cry. Are we doomed? Click. Is this all we are? Click. How do we drag ourselves out from under the shadow of the giant egg? Click." Conceived in a fervent desire for fresher, sexier images of Ukrainian culture in Canada, and concluding with a new reading of enduring cultural stereotypes, Leaving Shadows is the first Canadian book-length monograph on English Ukrainian writing, with substantive analysis of the writing of Myrna Kostash, Andrew Suknaski, George Ryga, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Vera Lysenko, and Maara Haas.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780888644527
ISBN-10: 0888644523
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: Illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: University of Alberta Press
Colecția University of Alberta Press
Locul publicării:Edmonton, Canada

Recenzii

"On our way home, we stopped in Vegreville for one last look at the Pysanka-and, posing in front of it while my dad pulled out his camera, I wanted to cry. Are we doomed? Click. Is this all we are? Click. How do we drag ourselves out from under the shadow of the giant egg? Click." -from Leaving Shadows Are fourth-and fifth-generation Ukrainian Canadians doomed to be defined by giant monuments to hackneyed symbols and fossilized folklore? Conceived in a fervent desire for fresher, sexier images of Ukrainian culture in Canada, and concluding with a new reading of enduring cultural stereotypes, Leaving Shadows is the first Canadian book-length monograph on English Ukrainian writing. Whether struggling under the shadows of assimilation, disputing the tokens of "song and dance" multiculturalism or questioning their place in the proposed diaspora of post-national Canada, Ukrainian Canadian writers have shaped, and continue to challenge, the role of ethnic identity in Canadian culture. One part literary history, one part cultural study of ethnicity within the shifting discourses of Canadian nationhood, Leaving Shadows traces the unfolding tradition of English-language Ukrainian writing through substantive analysis of works by Maara Haas, Janice Kulyk Keefer, Myrna Kostash, Vera Lysenko, George Ryga, and Andrew Suknaski. [Front flap] "This immensely readable, astutely argued and indispensable book by a new writer and critic, Lisa Grekul, makes the overdue case for the importance within Canadian literature of the texts written in English by Canadian writers of Ukrainian origin. Their situation within both Slavic ethnicity and Canadian citizenship is very enticing, as Grekul demonstrates, from the very first Ukrainian Canadian novel, Yellow Boots, by Vera Lysenko, to the very latest fiction and creation nonfiction, of my and her generations. Grekul rereads this literature, provides it with a context beyond multiculturalism, and proves that identity resides in 'ongoing acts of imagination.'" -Myrna Kostash [Back flap] About the Author Originally from St. Paul, Alberta, Lisa Grekul lives in Kelowna and teaches Canadian literature in the Department of Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan. Balancing a talent for fiction and skill for scholarly inquiry, her published works investigate the role and place of fourth- and fifth-generation Ukrainians in Canada. Her first novel Kalyna's Song (2003) was shortlisted for the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada Best First Book Award.
"Grekul does a close reading of Bloodlines and The Doomed Bridegroom, by Myrna Kostash a self-proclaimed second-generation Ukrainian Canadian, feminist, writer, alumna of the 1960s, who was confronted by Eastern European gender roles..Grekul draws comparisons between Kostash's perspective and that of Kulyk Keefer, (in The Green Library and Honey and Ashes: A Story of a Family), 'the inherent gaps' between history and historiography, that is, historical realities and representations of these realities." Anne Burke, Prairie Journal Trust, February, 2006.
"This is a wonderful collection of essays by a Ukrainian Canadian about the impact on Canadian culture by the infusion of Ukrainians, as felt both by them and by us..A fascinating introduction to writers of Ukrainian background." Ron MacIsaac, The Lower Island NEWS, April 2006.
"Through a sweeping survey of under-read and under-appreciated literary works, Grekul methodically lays out her case for the value of Ukrainian-Canadian writing in English. Grekul embarks on a chronological discovery of what she considers to be the best, most informative, and above all most culturally important works from Ukrainian-Canadian authors since 1900. Grekul's obvious strength throughout is the quality of her narrative voice and the organization of her thoughts, something oft-forgotten in 20th- and 21st-century criticism. It is clear that the process of writing Kalyna's Song, Grekul's first novel and nominee for the Books in Canada/Amazon First Novel Award, developed a well-defined and pleasant writing style that has transferred over to her critical work." Ryan Jones, Prairie Fire Review of Books, www.prairiefire.ca/reviews/grekul_literature.html"
"Grekul's account offers a kind of synthetic treatment that has rarely been provided. She focuses on Lysenko, Maara Haas, George Ryga, Andrew Suknaski, Janice Kulyk Keefer, and Myrna Kostash, but also contextualizes their writings by providing a chapter on the first Anglo-Canadian novels dealing with Ukrainians..The discussion of issues like multiculturalism and contemporary return-to-the-homeland writing is nuanced and bold, and offers new approaches and methods of analysis.. Unfortunately, argues the author, the heavy focus on race in recent discussions around multiculturalism and diversity has obscured the substantial contributions that other ethnic minority writers have made to the issues of assimilation, multiculturalism, and transculturalism; the intersection of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality; and nationalism, transnationalism, and diaspora. Sensitively written (even when it is iconoclastic in its readings of individual authors), the book provides an excellent historical overview of the Ukrainian-Canadian experience. It should be considered essential reading for anyone dealing with the subject, and can profitably be used as a text for a number of courses, particularly those dealing with ethnicity, national identity, and Canadian literature." Myroslav Shkandrij, Canadian Book Review Annual 2007