Literature of New France- Quebec Literature (Philippe Aubert de Gaspé)

[rockyxu]

Hello all,

I am a 4th year undergrad French double major student, I am currently taking one French literature class, which is required for my program.

I had difficulty understanding the recent literature works about New France. In comparison with the literature from France, Quebec literature is relatively newer, and I couldn't find summaries or reader's comment online.

I was reading these two books on New-France:

1. Brève Relation du Voyage de la Nouvelle-France (Paul Lejeune)
2. RÉCITS AMÉRINDIENS (Philippe Aubert de Gaspé)

If anyone knows these two or any of them, could you please tell me about it? I need the summary of the books, such as the characters or the plots, and any important things that need to know.


Thank you in advance!!!

[OrphanPip]

I'm not familiar with them, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé is pretty widely studied here though so you should be able to find scholarship, but that seems to be one of his more obscure works.

I was not able to find the primary text to the Lejeune work, maybe you could try some online databases. I would try searching for some scholarship on Catholic missionaries in the new world, you would likely be able to come up with some mention of LeJeune. My university has a large collection of works by Philippe Aubert de Gaspé in both French and English translation, but not the one you're looking for sadly. Where are you located? Have you tried checking with libraries near your location?

Although, I question trying to write on two books which you have not read.

http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/canlitfr/

The resources on that page may be of use to you.

The national archives might have something too.

http://www.banq.qc.ca/ressources_en_ligne/index.html

Edit:
I found a pdf copy of a text titled Relation de ce qui s'est passé en la Nouvelle France, en l'année 1635 by Lajeune, not sure if that is the same text though.

[rockyxu]

hi! thank you very much for your reply!
I am in Ottawa, btw is this a Canadian forum??

Actually, I am not looking to find the book, instead i need resume for the book. BUT it seems its not likely to find it :(

[OrphanPip]

Ottawa University has a copy of the Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec, I don't know how detailed the entries are, or if the works you're looking for are covered in it, but it's worth a try if you really need to find the information.

[rockyxu]

OH!! sounds good to me, I'd like to look into that from U of O, thank you again :)