This is a list of Canadian women writers in French who were born in Canada or whose writings in French are closely associated with that country.

Stand at the Salon du Livre de Montréal (2017)

It was in the mid-19th century that French-speaking women began to contribute to Canadian literature, partly as a result of growing Quebec patriotism but also because of the influence of the Catholic church and developments in education.[1] Early contributors include the novelists Laure Conan and Gabrielle Roy[2] and the poet Blanche Lamontagne-Beauregard.[3] Women's greatest contribution has however been since the 1960s and above all since the 1980s, triggered by increased interest in feminism.[4] Some sources have pointed to significant differences between English-Canadian and French-Canadian literature, resulting in part from the protected language identity of the Province of Quebec where French-language radio and television and pop-stars reinforce its insularity.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Desmeules, Christian (1 September 2007). "Littérature québécoise – Une nouvelle et incontournable histoire de la littérature québécoise" [Quebec Literature – A New and Inescapable History of Quebec Literature]. Le Devoir (in French). Montreal, Quebec. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ^ Gould, Karen (1981). "Setting Words Free: Feminist Writing in Quebec". Signs. 6 (4). University of Chicago Press: 617–642. doi:10.1086/493838. JSTOR 3173735.
  3. ^ Sœeurs de Sainte Anne (1954). "Histoire de la littérature canadienne-française: La poésie" [History of French Canadian Literature: The Poetry] (in French). Marianopolis College. Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. ^ Boisclair, Isabelle; Frenette, Catherine Dussault (2014). "Mosaïque: l'écriture des femmes au Québec (1980–2010)" [Mosaic: Women's Writing in Quebec (1980–2010)] (PDF). Recherches féministes [fr] (in French). 27 (2). Érudit: 39–61. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. ^ Malla, Pasha (26 May 2015). "Too Different and Too Familiar: The Challenge of French-Canadian Literature". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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