Camille Roy (literary critic)

Camille Roy ( born October 22, 1870 in Berthier -sur -Mer, Province of Quebec, † June 24, 1943 ) was a French-speaking Canadian priest, linguist and literary theorist.

Life and work

Roy was ordained a Catholic priest in 1894 and studied literature in Paris. He was the pioneer of French-Canadian literature. Between 1924 and 1943, Roy Monseigneur repeatedly was rector of the University of Laval.

Roy was an honorary doctorate from the University of Toronto (1927) and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

Works (Romance )

  • Tableau de l' histoire de la littérature canadienne - française, Quebec 1907
  • Essais sur la littérature canadienne, Quebec, 1907, Montreal 1913, 1925 ( excerpt ud de chez nous T. poètes, Montreal 1934; Historiens de chez nous, Montreal 1935 de chez nous novelists, Montreal 1935)
  • Nos origines littéraires, Quebec 1909
  • L' Abbé Henri Raymond Casgrain. La formation de son esprit, l' histories, le le critique littéraire et Poête, Montreal 1913, 1925
  • Nouveaux Essais sur la littérature canadienne, Quebec in 1914 (excerpt ud de chez nous T. poètes, Montreal 1934; Historiens de chez nous, Montreal 1935 de chez nous novelists, Montreal 1935)
  • Érables en fleurs. Pages de critique littéraire, Quebec 1923
  • Manuel d' histoire de la littérature canadienne - française (later Manuel d' histoire ud T. de la littérature canadienne de langue française ), Quebec in 1918, 21st edition of Montreal in 1959, 1962 ( 5th edition 1930 ud T. Histoire de la littérature canadienne )
  • À l' ombre des Erables. Hommes et livres, Quebec 1924
  • Études et croquis, Montreal 1928
  • Regards sur les lettres, Quebec 1931
  • (Ed.) Morceaux d' auteurs choisis canadiens, Montreal 1934, 1938
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