…After living as a journalist in England, he traveled to Canada in 1911 and spent a winter in a frontier in northern Quebec, but died in a train accident in the summer of 1913. His novel, Maria Chapdelaine, a virgin white land, which describes the harsh Canadian nature and life he experienced, was published posthumously in Paris in 1914. It was later widely read as a book and was also made into a film (1934, directed by J. Duvivier), contributing to the formation of Canada's image abroad. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Maria Chapdelaine" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…イギリスでジャーナリスト生活を送った後,1911年にカナダへ渡り,一冬を北ケベックの開拓地ですごすが,13年夏に鉄道事故で客死。自ら体験した厳しいカナダの自然とそこでの生活を描き込んだ小説《白き処女地Maria Chapdelaine》は死後14年にパリで発表された。後に単行本として広く読まれ,映画化(1934,J.デュビビエ監督)もされ,外国におけるカナダのイメージ形成に寄与した。… ※「《Maria Chapdelaine》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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