Marlowe's cabin: Writing across nations

Essay: Writing Across Nations Immigrant literature is a term that denotes literature written by indviduals who have relocated to Canada. The term is centred around the concepts of nation and citizenshp and relates to Canada's state policy of multiculturalism. In doing so, the writing is portrayed to occur wihn such a framework, when frequently it questions and extends beyond it. In reality, such writing can look beyond the concepts of nation and citizenshp and describes alternate frameworks to experience relocation to Canada. Novella: Marlowe's Cabin The main character has relocated to Canada from Germany. As a long-time resident he has bullt a cabin on an island on British Columbia's coast and reflects there on h s personal and famhal past. In doing so, he comes to realize that he was a victim of incest and considers the Second World War as a factor that led to the generational incest in h s family. His realizations allow him to end this cycle of violence by safeguardng h s daughter Marlowe.