Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan

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Autor(a) principal: GONÇALVES, Vansan
Data de Publicação: 2016
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Grau Zero
Texto Completo: https://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/grauzero/article/view/2227
Resumo: This article intends to investigate the narration of historical facts under new perspectives trough the novel Obasan, from the Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. The choice of the mentioned novel is due to the fact that it enables the observation of the manners the concepts of identity, memory and representation interact to portray new representations of a determined people by the reinterpretation of historical facts. Throughout the article it will be analyzed the varied narrative strategies Joy Kogawa employs to represent new versions of facts related to Japanese Canadians and their internment promoted by Canadian government in inner Canada during World War II. It will also be observed the manners through which fiction can collaborate to a people’s search for redemption with their traumatic past and consequent actions towards improvements for their present.
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spelling Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s ObasanHistoryIdentityRepresentationJapanese-CanadiansWorld War IIThis article intends to investigate the narration of historical facts under new perspectives trough the novel Obasan, from the Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. The choice of the mentioned novel is due to the fact that it enables the observation of the manners the concepts of identity, memory and representation interact to portray new representations of a determined people by the reinterpretation of historical facts. Throughout the article it will be analyzed the varied narrative strategies Joy Kogawa employs to represent new versions of facts related to Japanese Canadians and their internment promoted by Canadian government in inner Canada during World War II. It will also be observed the manners through which fiction can collaborate to a people’s search for redemption with their traumatic past and consequent actions towards improvements for their present.Fábrica de Letras do Pós-Crítica/UNEB2016-04-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtigo avaliado pelos Paresapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/grauzero/article/view/222710.30620/gz.v1n1.p225Grau Zero – Revista de Crítica Cultural; v. 1 n. 1 (2013): Configurações da crítica cultural; 225-2482318-7085reponame:Grau Zeroinstname:Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)instacron:UNEBenghttps://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/grauzero/article/view/2227/1544Copyright (c) 2013 Grau Zero – Revista de Crítica Culturalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGONÇALVES, Vansan2023-09-18T13:24:52Zoai:ojs.revistas.uneb.br:article/2227Revistahttps://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/grauzeroPUBhttps://revistas.uneb.br/index.php/grauzero/oaijfelix@uneb.br || grauzero.uneb@gmail.com || fabricadeletras.uneb@gmail.com2318-70852318-7085opendoar:2023-09-18T13:24:52Grau Zero - Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
title Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
spellingShingle Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
GONÇALVES, Vansan
History
Identity
Representation
Japanese-Canadians
World War II
title_short Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
title_full Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
title_fullStr Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
title_full_unstemmed Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
title_sort Japanese-Canadian wartime history through Joy Kogawa’s Obasan
author GONÇALVES, Vansan
author_facet GONÇALVES, Vansan
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv GONÇALVES, Vansan
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv History
Identity
Representation
Japanese-Canadians
World War II
topic History
Identity
Representation
Japanese-Canadians
World War II
description This article intends to investigate the narration of historical facts under new perspectives trough the novel Obasan, from the Japanese-Canadian author Joy Kogawa. The choice of the mentioned novel is due to the fact that it enables the observation of the manners the concepts of identity, memory and representation interact to portray new representations of a determined people by the reinterpretation of historical facts. Throughout the article it will be analyzed the varied narrative strategies Joy Kogawa employs to represent new versions of facts related to Japanese Canadians and their internment promoted by Canadian government in inner Canada during World War II. It will also be observed the manners through which fiction can collaborate to a people’s search for redemption with their traumatic past and consequent actions towards improvements for their present.
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