"Two Solitudes" (French: deux solitudes) refers to a perceived lack of communication and lack of will to communicate between Anglophone and Francophone people in Canada. The term was popularized by Hugh MacLennan's novel Two Solitudes.[1]
In politics
edit- In her 2005 investiture speech as Governor-General of Canada, Michaëlle Jean stated that "the time of 'two solitudes' had finished".[2]
References
edit- ^ Survey; a short history of Canadian. Elizabeth. Waterston. Methuen. 1973. ISBN 0-458-90930-0. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
- ^ "The time of 'two solitudes' has passed: Jean". CTV Television Network. 2005-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-09.[dead link]
External links
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- McGill-Queens University Press - Quebec's McGill University, with Queen's University, Press description of the novel "Two Solitudes"