The 19th-Century Canadian Settlers’ Experience as Myth of the Promised Land
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migration, Muskoka, Anna Parken MoroniAbstract
Recent studies on cultural memory acknowledge the influence the past holds on the present. One text that lends itself to discussing both Canadian and Italian cultural memories is Emigranti: Quattro anni al Canadà. It combines representations of myths present both in Canadian and Italian culture in the 19th century, especially that of the Promised Land.
L’esperienza dei coloni canadesi nel XIX secolo quale mito della terra promessa
Studi recenti sulla memoria culturale riconoscono l’influsso che il passato ha sul presente. Un testo che si offre a una discussione della memoria culturale sia canadese che italiana è Emigranti: Quattro anni al Canadà. Sono presenti alcuni miti distinguibili sia nella cultura canadese che italiana, come quello della terra promessa.
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