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Comparing Yann Martel's Life Of Pi And No Great Mischief
Canadian Literature is literature that is originated from Canada. Canadian literature is based on the commonly used traits: survival, identity, nature, humour, multiculturalism,urban vs. rural, and frontier life. Both Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi and author Alistair MacLeod novel No Great Mischief show the understanding in the various elements of Canadian Literature. More specially the themes identity and survival, but MacLeod’s novel No Great Mischief shows a more thoroughly understanding of Canadian Literature and Canada itself.
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