Everyone heard the last firebrand published by VLB, so I will skip to the opinions. Ineffable and our ambassador of good taste multicultural civilization, which makes French Canadians much more than "peasants with credit cards" (as Gilles Martin Chauffier) happens presentations. Anyway ...
insults and personal attacks by Victor-Lévy Beaulieu (our "most prolific author" by Noah Richler - sic) to Michaelle Jean (our "head of state" according to Nicolas Sarkozy - sic) us away Unfortunately, the real debate: the power structures that we inherited our transformation from colony. Moreover, if the Governor-General takes more space is at the expense of our elected . Remain lucid.
Instead of out insults and puns doubtful from another era, Mr. Beaulieu would have done better to mention the "small colonial lottery", a term applied historically to the French kings, who were offered a small slice of power in Anglo-Saxon banquet. Read about this excellent book by Stephen Kelly, the little lottery , Boréal, 1997.
Gilles Lesage wrote in Le Devoir (Oct. 5 1997), about Kelly's book:short, the essayist concludes, if the solution Durham triumph after 1837 is much less because of the clergy, which fiercely opposes the Act of Union in the early 1840s, as the parvenu, who succumbed to the lure of early colonial lottery. The red scream corruption. But it is a symbolic gesture.
For 130 years, says the sociologist, the upstart French-Canadian is in line with the tradition of [George-Étienne] Cartier. In times of national crisis, it appears as a traitor. His indictment, periodic increases throughout the twentieth century. The most famous occurred towards the end of the Duplessis era. The editorial Andre Laurendeau, "The theory of the king negro" (in Le Devoir on July 4, 1958), marks indeed the genesis of the Quiet Revolution, the birth of a new myth, that of French power ' and the "triumph of the therapeutic" ...
It is clear that the attempt to VLB is part of a learned man, very aware of the contemporary history of Quebec and drawing on sociological studies serious. BUT it is also worth noting that it is both in the form of discourse in and the arguments raised in the choice of words VLB shows us how it is firmly anchored in the past . The text of
Laurendeau exactly 50 years and has taken many wrinkles. Quebec had not yet at that time, lived his Quiet Revolution, and associated political power against colonial rule (in short, a collaboration with the stranger that represented the hated Anglo-Saxon and his court). Things have changed since that time the French were freed of some of their prejudices (against foreigners and power), Quebec has become a more complex society, less clear-cut with a knife. It is clear, however, that Quebecers are still an uneasy relationship with foreigners ... and power!
I recommend also reading the book of the late Jacques Bouchard, "The new sensitivities of Quebecers." To consider the progress, read together the first edition of the book, "The 36 chords of Quebecers," published 35 years earlier by the same author. What a journey, as changes in our society (the two most obvious being that awareness of "differences" that led to a certain rectitude policy, and the other is our openness to the world). It might be interesting to ask the friend Beaulieu if he read the new edition and, if not, to him the gift. History of guitar tuning.
Finally, Mr. Beaulieu speaks only in his own name. Those without short memories will recall that VLB has copiously insulted the sovereignty movement and the PQ in recent months and took her away. In his fief of Trois-Pistoles, this semi-hermit is somewhat disconnected from the social and political realities of the 21st century Quebec. But his literary work remains a monument and cultural wealth for us.
Beyond the obligation treason that should inspire our political separatists, it is important to stay within the bounds of good taste.
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