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Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Of *I AM NOT MORE THAN À THING WHICH THINKS:" SCATOLOGY .ANÐ REPRESENTATTON iN THE CANADIÀN NOVEL By Reinhold Kramer A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of PH.D" iN ARTS Department of English University of Manitoba l,iinnipeg, Manitoba (c) october 1992 WWW NationalLibrary Bibliothèque nationale WY W of Canada du Canada Acquisitions and Direction des acquisitions et Bibliographic Services Branch des services bibliographiques 395 Well¡ngton Street 395, rue Wellington OHawa, Ontario Ottawa (Ontario) K1A ON4 K1A ON4 Your hle Volre télérence Oú l¡le Nolre élérence T[le aL¡t[n@r has gs'anted a¡t ü-'asiteu¡r a accordé une ltcemce irrevocabåe non-exe¡L¡s¡ve lieemee Ërnévocable et slon exclusüve allowing the Nationa¡ fl-ibrary of permettamt à ãa ts!bliot[rèque Canada to reprodrJce, [oan, matio¡rale du¡ Canada de distnibute or se!¡ cop¡es of reprodu¡re, prêter, distribuer ou his/her thesls hy any means and vendre des copies de sa thèse in a¡'xy form oB" forrnat, making de quelque r"¡ranière et sous this thesis available to interested que¡qL¡e forme que ce so¡t pour persons" mettre des exemplalnes de cette thèse à la disposition des person nes i r'¡téressées. 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