Canadian Writers Quiz

Canadian Literature

• Margaret Laurence wrote the novel 'The Stone Angel'.
• Yann Martel wrote the novel 'Life of Pi'.
• The fictional setting of Margaret Laurence's stories is based in the Canadian town of Manawaka.
• Maria Campbell is known for her memoir 'Halfbreed'.
• Sinclair Ross wrote the novel featuring the character Agnes, who is the protagonist of the story 'As For Me and My House'.

Postcolonial Studies

• Edward Said is considered to have inaugurated the field of postcolonial studies with his book 'Orientalism' in 1978.

Australian Literature

• Sally Morgan wrote the memoir 'My Place' and is considered to be a breakthrough Indigenous author.
• Thomas Keneally is known for his works 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith' and 'Schindler's Ark'.
• The term 'Bush Ballad' refers to the style of poetry and folk music that depicts life in the Australian bush.

Feminist Criticism

• Germaine Greer is known as an expatriate author and feminist critic, and wrote 'The Female Eunuch'.

Australian Authors

• A.D. Hope is known for his poem 'Fair girls and grey horses' and the depiction of Australian bush life.

Novelists

• Michael Ondaatje is the author of the novel 'The Cat's Table'.
• 'A Fair Dinkum Girl' is set in a fictional Manitoba small town named Manawaka.
• Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in 2013 for her work as a short story writer.
• 'The Cat's Table' is a prequel to 'The English Patient' and revolves around immigrants in Toronto.
• Margaret Atwood wrote 'MaddAddam', which is the third part of the Oryx and Crake trilogy.
• 'The Journals of Susanna Moodie' is a poetry work by Margaret Atwood.

Test your knowledge of famous Canadian writers such as Margaret Laurence, Gabrielle Roy, Michael Ondaatje, and more. Explore key works like 'The Tin Flute', 'Life of Pi', 'The Book of Negroes', 'Funny Boy', and 'Halfbreed'.