Date: Tue, 15 Apr 1997 11:33:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mac Fenwick <4af-AT-qlink.queensu.ca>
Subject: Re: poco lit course readings


I would suggest Tom King's _Green Grass Running Water_, as it is
"canonically" post-colonial insofar as it does all the things that _The
Empire Writes Back_ says it's supposed to do. Trick is, it contests the
continuing imperialistic enterprise of European-Americans and clearly
situates itself within a First Nation perspective that is neither
"Canadian" nor "American" -- and yet the book (and King) is hailed as a
piece of great Canadian fiction (even though King lives and works in the
United States).

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Mac Fenwick
English Department
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario



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