Representations of Jewish people in Canadian literature of the 1940s and 1950s

Dominika Stasiak-Maziarz

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Stasiak-Maziarz, Dominika. Representations of Jewish people in Canadian literature of the 1940s and 1950s. Red. . Kraków: Oficyna Wydawnicza IMPULS, 2011, 39 s. ISBN 978-83-7587-703-8

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The historical background to a Jewish presence in Canada is very well researched the sections on critical analysis of individual texts are strong and insightful. Good use is made of particular texts as examples of general or theoretical propositio...

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Introduction7
Historical background9
The beginnings 1760–18509
Development of the Canadian Jewish community 1850–193910
Post-war time 1945–196011
The outbreak of World War II 1939–194511
Theory: literature of travel and exploration and life writing13
Jewish life writing: Kreisel and Waddington19
Novels: Graham and Wiseman31
Conclusion43
Selected bibliography45
Archives46

D.Stasiak-Maziarz,RepresentationsofJewishpeopleinCanadianliteratureofthe1940sand1950s,Kraków2011

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Introduction

ThisdissertationwillexamineJewishDiasporicexperienceinCanadaduringthe

1940sand1950s,throughliteratureoftravelandexplorationandlifewritingas

wellasthroughﬁctionwritenbyJewishandnon-Jewishwriters.Myprojectwillin-

volveCanadianJewishculturalhistory,closetextualanalysis,comparativestudyand

theoreticalwork,asIexplorediferencesandsimilaritiesintheserepresentations.

HenryKreiselpresentsahorriﬁcpictureoftheJewishsocietyafectedbythe

pogroms,whichcannotﬁnditsownplaceintheworld.Tatiswhyallofthestories

arerepresentationsofpeoplewhoareinaconstantsearchfortheirownhome,cul-

ture,traditionandfaithallsetagainstavibrantaspectofJewishDiaspora.Teyare

examplesofbothtravelwritingandlifewriting.Hiswritingwasprofoundlybased

onhisownlifeinwhichhismainoccupationbecametheinvestigationofnotions

ofhomeandhomelessness.MiriamWaddingtonalsorepresentsthelifewriting

genre.IncontrasttoKreiselherwritinggivesthereaderaninsightintoherchild-

hood,growingupandadulthood.Troughreadingsofheressayswecannoticethe

notionofculturalhybridity.Livinginbetweenculturesprovokedhertoﬁndherown

tinyspacewhereshefeltfreetobeherselfandexpressherownidentity.Tisprivate

spacegaveheradiferentinsightintothenotionsofherlife,herbackgroundand

helpedhertoacceptandexpresshertripleidentity,asaJewish,RussianandCana-

dianfemalepoet-writer.GwethalynGrahambasedhernovelonherobservationsof

Anti-SemitisminCanadaandEurope.Troughironyshepresentsstrongcriticism

ofracialinequalityinwhichJewishpeoplehavetolive.Tankstodiferentnarrations

thereaderisintroducedtovariouspointsofviewonJewsinCanadaandisableto

makehisownstatementonstereotypingandlabellingthem.Teplotalsoreﬂects

someoftheelementsoftheauthor’slife,whereinfactshehadarelationshipwith

aPolishJew.WearealsointroducedtothenovelbyAdeleWiseman,inwhichshe

givesarealisticdescriptionofthelifeofaJewish-UkrainianfamilyinWinnipeg.In

herstorywenoticelackofsocialmobilityofthecharactersduetotheirimmigrant

origin.Teirlivesarefullofalienation,exileanddisplacement.Tenovelisaperfect

exampleofhowlifewritingandtravelwritingcometogether.Allofthediasporic

writerstrytocreatetheirownspace,inbetweencultures,wheretheycanbethem-

selvesandbefreetopresenttheirculturalhybridity.

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