Reconstruindo a memória: o retorno do mito da corriveau em la cage, de Anne Hébert

Abstract

This paper investigates the ocurrence of the myth of Corriveau within Quebec’s tradition. Its objective is to verify how Anne Hébert’s rewriting of this figure differs from that offered mainly by texts of male authorship. Focus is given to the historic, mythic and literary destiny of Corriveau through an overview of distinct ways of her representation, followed by the analysis of three literary works: Les Anciens Canadiens (1867), by Philippe A. de Gaspé; Une Relique (1898), by Louis Fréchette, and La Cage (1990), by Anne Hébert.