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JOHN FRANKLIN’S FIRST ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION THROUGH A DOUBLE LENS
creating a more ethically solid narration which can contribute to a better
understanding of the complex question of hybrid Canadian identity.
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Sergej Macura teaches American literature at the Faculty of Philology in
Belgrade, Serbia. He has taught English literature from Beowulf to McEwan,
translated Updike, Simi¢, Frye, English Romantic poetry, Joyce’s poetry, and
short fiction by Ballard, Barthelme and de Berniéres. He predominantly stud¬
ies Pynchon, Eco and Hemingway. In the field of Canadian studies, he has
written on Frye, Atwood, James Cameron, and the Italians in Toronto.
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