Del colonialismo al nacionalismo: el modelo de Quebec

Abstract

Colonialism creates a relationship of political, economic, social and cultural control, of the dominant and possessive civilization versus the dominated and dispossessed one. Until what is called the period of the Quiet Revolution, the French Canadian universe was conservative and kept the tradition inherited from the colonizers. But the transition from a traditional to a modern society generated a conflict of values and loyalties, a crisis of French-Canadian heritage. This is reflected clearly in the literature and its evolution: the metamorphosis of society is also that of the novel. The French Canadian literature finally becomes Québec literature. In the period of the Quiet Revolution Quebec experienced a great economic and social boom, and the old conservative values radically rejected. Major reforms and modernization will produce in all fields. And one of the key concepts is the notion of state: it develops and strengthens gradually a nationalist sentiment, affecting, of course, art. From these years on it is not referred as French Canadian people, but Quebec.