Categories of Canadian Literature
Because of its size and breadth, Canadian literature is often divided into sub-categories.
- The most common is to categorize it by region or province.
- Another way is to categorize it by author. For instance, the literature of Canadian women, Acadians, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and Irish Canadians have been anthologized as bodies of work.
- A third is to divide it by literary period, such as "Canadian postmoderns" or "Canadian Poets Between the Wars."
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