Exploring Marginality and Cultural Displacement in Post Colonial Writings: The Case of Carol Shields’ Unless (2002)

Abstract

Marginality and cultural displacement are among the themes that were tackled by post colonial authors. Precisely the Canadian writer Carol Shields’ tries to introduce the peripheral position of Canada which leads to the sense of marginality experienced by people who have distinct roots and origins. Her last novel Unless (2002) examines the manifestation of marginality and cultural displacement in Canada and how they affect the daily life of its citizens. Likewise, the quest for cultural affiliations is an essential thing that the cultural displaced people look for in a multicultural society like Canada .This dissertation explores the new contribution in post-colonial literature that encompasses the main concerns of post-colonial Canadian authors, who want to create a new space for Canadian literature to express the concerns and interests of Canadian populace. In order to achieve that the qualitative approach is relevant to this work. The aim is to comprehend people’s behavior towards problems. In addition to that the descriptive analytical method will be used to describe and analyze concepts like marginality and cultural displacement