Student Independent Projects English 2017: Depictions of Colonialism in Eden Robinson's Traplines

Vincent, Samantha (2017) Student Independent Projects English 2017: Depictions of Colonialism in Eden Robinson's Traplines. Research Report. Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In "Queen of the North," the last story of Eden Robinson's short-story collection Traplines, the reader is introduced to the many effects the Canadian residential school system has had on its survivors and the generations that followed in its wake. After reading "Queen of the North" one is essentially compelled to reflect back on the previous stories, read them through the lens of "Queen of the North," draw connections between characters in each of the stories, and consider the impacts that the residential schools may have had on characters in other stories as well. There are many reasons as to why a reader may be impelled to draw these connections between Robinson's fiction and the impacts of colonialism.

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