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A literary criticism for "Voyage à Terre-Neuve," by Arthur de Gobineau is presented. Topics discussed include theme of orientalism, travel stories of Newfoundland, racism in the country, hierarchy of races, racial thesis, egalitarian democracy over there and pessimism. An overview of the story is also given.

The article presents a literary criticism of the work of French-Canadian author Philippe Aubert de Gaspé. The themes that are discussed are the seigneurial land tenure system of New France (régime seigneurial), which was established in the 17th century, and the ideas of individual liberty and equality. Works by de Gaspé that are discussed include "Les anciens Canadiens" and "Mémoires," Discussion includes the characters that de Gaspé created and modifications to the land tenure system in North America from a system that had been created in France.

The article focuses on the evolution of the thought of Acadian author Herménégilde Chiasson that he expressed in his essays on Acadian art and Acadian identity, through the analysis of the leitmotiv of the cycle of seasons, which he used in the poetry collection "Climats." Topics include the evolving dimension of Acadian art symbolized as Spring, the importance of Acadian fiction for the Acadian identity, and the will of Chiasson to emphasize the present and future of Acadia and not its difficult past.