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Introduction: Bridging the Solitudes as a Critical Metaphor

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Canadian literature of the fantastic exposes the limitations of the “two solitudes” concept so often applied uncritically to the Canadian experience. The essays in this volume examine Francophone and Anglophone Canadian literature of the fantastic, across its genres—sf, fantasy, horror, Indigenous futurism, and others—through the lens of the bridge metaphor, interrogating their representations of colonialism, nationalism, race, and gender. The contemporary world is increasingly one in which the global rather than the national context is central to an understanding of self and place; the fantastic (especially sf, but other genres, as well) is ready-made for exploring in non-literal terms the complex and problematic nature of intercultural engagement.

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Ransom, A.J., Grace, D. (2019). Introduction: Bridging the Solitudes as a Critical Metaphor. In: Ransom, A., Grace, D. (eds) Canadian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Studies in Global Science Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15685-5_1

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