Title: Postmodernism and the Quebec novel
First published: 1994
Description: In her study of postmodernism in recent Quebec fiction, Janet Paterson attempts to answer three main questions: Is there a postmodern Quebec novel? What are its forms? What are its sites of interrogation? The book looks at the works of Hubert Aquin, Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska, Gerard Bessette, Yolande Villemaire, and Jacques Godbout, and a new chapter explores the writing of Nicole Brossard.

This study is representative, rather than exhaustive, as it analyses postmodern textual strategies in terms of discourse, intertextuality, the representation of the writer in fiction, the process of history, and feminist expression. Paterson believes that, in order to view a novel from a postmodernist perspective, it is necessary to see it as a temporal phenomenon, subject to the ambient culture.
Subjects: History and criticism, French-Canadian fiction, Postmodernism (Literature), Histoire et critique, Roman canadien-français, Canadian fiction (French), Quebec (Province), Post-modernisme (Littérature), Intellectual life, 20th century, Québec (Province), Roman, Roman québécois, Canadian fiction, history and criticism, Canada, intellectual life
Places: Québec (Province)
Time periods: 20th century, 20e siècle
LC classification: PQ3912 .P3313 1994