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Introduction
andpractitionerProfessorJaroszremains,entailstheideaofcrossing
borders,sincetranslationhasbeengetingincreasinglyintercultural.In
hisresearchourMentorkeepscrossingthebordersbetweentheknown
andtheunknown,whereasintheuniversitylifehehasbeenbridging
thegenerationgapinthescholarlyactivitiesandsociallife,whichis
beneficialfortheyoungerscholarswhosurroundhim.
Thefirstsectionofthevolume,OnQuebecerLiterature,containsar-
ticlesonthediverseaspectsofliteraturewriteninQuebec.JózefKwa-
terko’sarticleopensthesectionbyfocusingonthepresenceofthecity
inQuebecernovelsofthe1940sand50s.Hepaysparticularatention
totwocities,QuebecandMontreal,anddemonstratesthatametropolis
canbeperceivedfromtwoperspectives:asareal-lifesocietyoutsidethe
textandasasocietywithinthetext,describedfromtheinside,which
isconnectedwiththeimaginaryandthesymbolic.Theauthoralso
putsforwardtheargumentaboutanimportantchangeintheMontreal
fictionofthe1960s,whichendedinthesuccessfulcreationofahybrid
andfragmenteddiscourse.
InHActingintheFemaleManner”AleksandraGrzybowskaanalyzes
theemblematicfigureofafemalerunawayintheworkofSuzanne
Jacob.Therunawayfigureconstitutesavariationonthewandering
womantype.Grzybowskausesthesystemofanthropomimeticdescrip-
tioncharacteristicofthepragmaticapproachtointerprettheliterary
figureanddistinguishestwotypes:firstly,awoman-puzzleinwhom
onecanobservetheinterplaybetweenonomasticdescriptionsandthe
erraticnatureofvariouscharacterscreatedbyJacob;andsecondly,are-
belliouswomanwhoseinterpersonalrelationshipsrevealheratitude
totheother.
InherarticleEwelinaBujnowskaincludesreflectiononthenew
socialrealityoftheearlytwenty-firstcenturywhichisportrayedin
thenovelsbyFrançoisBlais,oneofthemostexceptionalwritersofhis
generation.Theuniverseofhisnovelsisfulloffigureswhoarepure
productsoftheirepochandtheybelongtothegenerationbornafer
theQuietRevolution.TheauthoremphasizesDocument1,thesixth
bookbyBlaispublishedin2012,andanalyzesthevariousavatarsof
contemporarycharacterssuchaslosers,BS,andGoogleMapstravellers.
