LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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French-Canada to Quebecois:
Changing Perspectives in Quebec Drama

G. Sripriya Ramu, M.A. (English), M.Phil, M.A. (French)
A. K. Mohamed Amin, Ph.D.
S. Gunasekaran, Ph.D.

In order to introduce Quebec, the initial pages of this article present a brief introduction to the demographic, social and political situation in Quebec.

Subsequent pages present a description and analysis of drama in Quebec.

French Colonization in Canada

It was Jacques Cartier the French explorer who, during his second voyage, traveled through the St. Lawrence River and reached Mount Royal, which is now known as Montreal. In 1608 the city of Quebec was founded. But with the arrival of the British there was constant conflict between the two races. French colonization continued with intermittent wars with Britain. Two important wars were fought between the French and the English - one in 1759 on the Plains of Abraham, and also the Seven Years' War in 1763, which led to the Peace of Paris by which Quebec along with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland came under the British rule.

In1837 the rebellion led by Louis Riel was crushed by the British troop and in 1867 under the terms of the British North America Act, the Canadian Confederation was established. More political autonomy was given to Quebec and was recognized as a. distinct society within Canada. But Canada has already been emerging as an Anglophone country with the arrival of thousands of Loyalists fleeing from the United States, and also immigrants from Scotland and Ireland. As a result the French settlers found themselves a minority, but a minority determined to survive.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Mrs. G. Sripriya Ramu, M.A. (English), M.Phil.,
M.A. (French), RBT(Hindi)
Ph.D. Research Scholar in English
Jamal Mohamed College
Thiruchirapalli - 620 020
Tamil Nadu
India
sripriyaramu@yahoo.com

A. K. Mohamed Amin, Ph.D.
Head of the Department of English
Jamal Mohamed College
Thiruchirapalli - 620 020
Tamil Nadu
India
aminkhattu59@rediffmail.com

S. Gunasekaran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in English
Anna University
Dindigul Campus
Dindigul - 624 622
Tamil Nadu
India
gunakundhavai@yahoo.com
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