The Image of the Other in "Aaron", a Montreal Novel by Yves Thériault

Natalie Mojžíšová

Abstract


Since the 19th century, the city of Montreal welcomed many immigrants, including Jews fleeing the rise of European anti-Semitism. Later, Jews arrived from North African countries. Meeting other co-religionists from various traditions, rites and cultures revealed a vast disparity in Jewishness. By analyzing Aaron, novel by Yves Thériault, we will examine this double status of the foreigner: that vis-à-vis Montreal society as well as that which arises within the Jewish community.


Keywords


Jewishness; Montreal; orthodoxy; antisemitism; intolerance

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/lsmll.2022.46.1.39-48
Date of publication: 2022-05-06 15:58:34
Date of submission: 2021-07-02 23:58:59


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