Matthew Cormier (dir.)

“The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction

The texts comprising this special issue of Discours/e were produced in the context of a Winter 2026 comparative literature course at the Université de Moncton titled “Apocalypse and Intersectionality in Contemporary Literatures in Canada.” The course aimed to engage apocalyptic themes, figures, and structures in its reading of intersectional literature in twenty-first-century Canada, questioning how they function in the current…

DossierENOctober 28, 2026
Laura Delaney

Patchwork Family Roles and Tropes in Canadian Apocalypse Literature

Dossier: “The Future of Threat is Forever”: Canadian Apocalyptic Fiction This article analyzes Thomas King’s The Back of Turtle. See this issue’s introduction for full context regarding the study of King’s novel. Patchwork Family Roles [...]

ArticleENOctober 28, 2026