Critical Article #3

In this article, Barbara Gabriel accuses Timothy Findley of being fascist and using intertextuality in many of his novels based on history. This article has a  very critical view on Findley’s work and how Findley is trying to prove his nation right though the use of his books. She accuses Findley of using fascism in his novels in the 20^th century and how he links this with a whole structure of domination and masculinity in our culture. She finds that Findley uses the themes of war and history in his novels and through those themes he portrays fascism to the North American society. Gabriel goes on to talk about how Findley has many references throughout his pieces of works that he uses for his own narrations. Gabriel faults him of using intertextual references in his works of which he uses other writings and texts for reference for his own novels. She critiques Findley very much so in this article about being fascist in his works and using other texts for his personal references. It is noted that Findley is credited for his successive fiction novels and that Findley can portray his obsessive concerns within his books without awareness of this from his readers.

Gabriel, Barbara. "Situated history and the novels of Timothy Findley." Essays on Canadian Writing. 01 Apr. 1999: 122. eLibrary. Web. 07 Oct. 2011.

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