Friends and/or Enemies. Images of Polish-Ukrainian Relations in Canadian Children’s and Young Adult Historical Fiction

Abstract

Transcontinental events linking Ukraine and Canada are at the center of the mnemonic discourses of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada. Over the past few decades, Canadian and American writers of Ukrainian descent and those with no direct ties to Ukraine have introduced the theme of the complicated relationships between Poles and Ukrainians into literature written in English – notably, primarily that aimed at young readers. Popular historical novels by Canadian writers have influenced the formation of next-generation memory not only of Canadians and Americans but also of readers in other countries, given the numerous translations of novels by such authors as Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. After briefly outlining the differences in the mnemonic discourses in Poland and Ukraine, this article shows how Polish-Ukrainian relations are depicted in selected books by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch and Lisa Grekul.

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Canada, Ukraine, Poland, next-generation memory, children’s literature, diaspora



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Roczniki Humanistyczne · ISSN 0035-7707 | eISSN 2544-5200 | DOI: 10.18290/rh
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