Kommentar |
Literary texts frequently reflect on the role of art and their own artistic nature; many of them do so by portraying the artist’s growth to personal and artistic maturity. Female writers have increasingly explored the genre of the Künstlerroman to include, among others, a discussion of female independence. In Canadian literature, gender- and art-related questions have frequently been linked to the search for a unique Canadian identity. Among the texts to be discussed are Margaret Laurence’s The Diviners (1974), Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye (1988), and Jane Urquhart’s The Underpainter (1997). |