Welcome to our belated fourteenth episode—sorry, it couldn't be helped! This week, we learn more about Quebecois separatists and discuss our own, largely-inadequate history educations.
Topics of discussion:
Answering the double-bind essay question
Inadequate curricula, both real and fictional
Quebec History in Infinite Jest: Disentangling Fact from Fiction: A Brief Survey of Canadian Historical References in the Writings of David Foster Wallace
Wile E. Coyote as a model for direct action in the Quebec freedom struggleSee also:
Wikipedia: Felo de se
Wikipedia: Cap-Rouge, Quebec City
Wikipedia: Louis de Buade de Frontenac
Wikipedia: Château Frontenac
Wikipedia: Jacques Cartier
Wikipedia: Jean-François Roberval
Wikipedia: Samuel de Champlain
Wikipedia: Ursulines
Wikipedia: Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
Wikipedia: Meech Lake Accord
Wikipedia: Jacques Parizeau
Wikipedia: 1995 Quebec referendum
Wikipedia: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Infinite Jest Wiki – Notes and Errata (page 1016 notes on Brazilian Nuevo Contras/Noie Störkraft/The Shining Path/Belgian CCC's)We'll be reading pages 312–343 next week.
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