Date of Award
2011
Level of Access Assigned by Author
Campus-Only Thesis
Language
French
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
French
Advisor
Raymond Pelletier
Second Committee Member
Susan Pinette
Third Committee Member
Kathryn Slott
Abstract
This study examines Acadian novelist France Daigle's last three novels, Pas pire, Un Fin passage, and Petites difficultés d'existence in the context of postmodernism. With this in mind, the study examines four tenets of postmodernism used by Daigle in her novels ; a fragmented and disordered form representative of the plurality of Acadia, characters that reappear in more than one novel that form the basis for an intertextuality between the novels as well as themes and symbols that are both traditional and representative of future change, and the three languages used by Acadians today, particularly Chiac, the regional dialect spoken in New Brunswick. Through this study I propose that France Daigle's last three novels represent the next step in Acadian literature, the postmodern Acadian novel.
Recommended Citation
Laliberte, Danielle M., "Le Roman Acadien Postmoderne de France Daigle: France Daigle's Postmodern Acadian Novel" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 687.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/687