Sherry Simon - The Flow of Languages, the Grace of Cultures

Sherry Simon offers a remarkable perspective on Montreal's cultural and linguistic wealth, demonstrating that the common view of multiple linguistic solitudes is false. In fact, Dr. Simon maintains, this city is founded on multiple languages, cultures and traditions. There is not one Montreal, but many Montreals.

"My starting point is the presence of three modern literary movements in Montreal in the 1940s — in three languages: English, French and Yiddish. These movements are separate and have different histories and different stories to tell. Today's Montreal is the product of these movements, their translated and untranslated histories and relationships — and the relationships created with the other identities that exist in the city today."

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