Sex, Lies et les Franco-Manitobains de Marc Prescott : de l’esclandre étudiant (1993) au classique avant-gardiste (2013)
This paper analyses the case of a play written by Marc Prescott, a dramatist of Western Canada, fluent in English as in French. The play shows a specific language used in contemporean Manitoba (1993-2013), mixing English and French. Therefore the relationship between the two languages and the two co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut des textes & manuscrits modernes (ITEM)
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Continents manuscrits |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/coma/750 |
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| Summary: | This paper analyses the case of a play written by Marc Prescott, a dramatist of Western Canada, fluent in English as in French. The play shows a specific language used in contemporean Manitoba (1993-2013), mixing English and French. Therefore the relationship between the two languages and the two communities in this western area of Canada is pictured. The study of the different re-writings of the play between the first performance in Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, in 1993, and the one given in Quebec in 2013 makes us understand the political, social and cultural backgrounds of « bilinguism », as it is assumed, or not, today. It shows also how different francophone areas of Canada consider their relationship with the two official languages of the country. |
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| ISSN: | 2275-1742 |