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Minority Cultures in "The Jade Peony" and "Les Belles Soeurs"
An analysis of Michel Tremblay's "Les Belles Soeurs" and Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony".
# 141928
| 1,250 words
| 2 sources
| MLA
| 2008
| 
Published
on Dec 01, 2008
in
Literature
(Canadian)
, Canadian Studies
(History, Culture)
, Ethnic Studies
(General)
, Drama and Theater
(General)
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The paper relates that Michel Tremblay's "Les Belles Soeurs" is a play that depicts working class, Catholic Francophone women in Quebec. The paper then describes how Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony" depicts Chinese-Canadians living in Vancouver. The paper relates that both of these groups are minorities within the larger Canadian culture. As is shown in this essay, both of these two powerful and influential works of literature depict minorities within Canada, but they are very different minorities indeed.
From the Paper:
"Michel Tremblay's "Les Belles Soeurs" is a play that depicts working class, Catholic Francophone women in Quebec. Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony" depicts Chinese-Canadians living in Vancouver. Both of these groups are minorities within the larger Canadian culture. As will be shown in this essay, both of these two powerful and influential works of literature depict minorities within Canada, but they are very different minorities indeed. In Tremblay's ground-breaking and controversial play, the trials and tribulations that come with being a minority within a dominant culture are very much in the background - racism and ethnicism is not confronted..."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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Minority Cultures in "The Jade Peony" and "Les Belles Soeurs" (2008, December 01)
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"Minority Cultures in "The Jade Peony" and "Les Belles Soeurs"" 01 December 2008.
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