Canadian Literature in Canadian Schools: From the Old to the New Internationalism
Keywords:
Canadian literature, Canadian schools, nationalism, internationalism, national identity, curriculum, Canadian studiesAbstract
This paper considers the rise and fall of interest in Canadian literature in Canadian schools within the framework of the conflicting influences of nationalism and internationalism on Canadian society. Following World War II, Canadians were content to exist in a state of complacent internationalism born of a combined belief in the validity of British cultural institutions and American economic and military security. However, during the 1960s and 1970s, Canada entered a period of new nationalism, accompanied by rapid growth in Canadian literature and its teaching in schools. Despite this growth over the past five years, Canada has entered a period of renewed internationalism in which the status of Canadian literature in Canadian schools is seriously threatened.
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