Publication details
Ce Nord tout en feu : Les héritiers de la mine et Il pleuvait des oiseaux de Jocelyne Saucier
| Title in English | This North on Fire : Les héritiers de la mine and Il pleuvait des oiseaux by Jocelyne Saucier |
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Beyond the íth Parallel : Many Faces of the Canadian North/ Au-dela du 49e parallele: multiples visages du Nord canadien |
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| Keywords | Quebec literature; Quebec novel; Jocelyne Saucier; Apocalypsis; theme of fire |
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| Description | Two Jocelyne Saucier’s novels are located in Abitibi and northern Ontario and placed under the sign of a murderous fire: Les héritiers de la mine (1999) and Il pleuvait des oiseaux (2011). In both cases, the fire takes a symbolic value, underpinned by religious imagination. The theme will be discussed as a structuring element at different levels of narration. |