Analysis Of Duplessis And As Government Called The Great...

The Refus Global In the 1950’s, Duplessis and is government called â€Å"Union National’’ were in power in Quebec province. That period was called the great Darkness because instead of taking a step forward like most countries, Quebec took a big leap back. A lot of people fought back and tried to take him out in order to stop de conservatism and to follow the path that the rest of the world was following. Some of those recalcitrant were the authors of The Total Refusal, an important book in which figured poems, paintings, sketches and plenty other art forms. It is a renowned document that we can not forget. It is par of our story and teaches us a valuable lesson. The Total Refusal (or Refus global in French) changed the traditional values and†¦show more content†¦It’s true, the only 400 copies sold quickly. It had the effect of a bomb. It changed everything and wasn’t a violent act of revolution. In conclusion, it was a rebellion in the fa ce of religion and it showed that artists were essential. Second of all, The Refus global showed the principle of equality between sexes. Indeed, out of the 15 people who signed the Refus global, eight were men and seven were women. Therefore, there was almost a 50% ratio between men and women. Above all, it marked one of the first times that women express themselves publicly in a time where even men were scared of criticizing the current regime. During the Great Darkness, women were expected to be good housewives and to erase themselves. But those women fought and said or showed their convictions. Additionally, the seven women who signed the Refus Global were all artists, a job that was always done by men before. We just have to think of female writers who had to write using a man’s name. It was the case of Janette Bertrand, a well-known francophone author. Woman weren’t perceived the same way, even Borduas admitted that at first, he didn’t take seriously any o f his female co-authors. But by working with them, he realized that they could do the same or even better than men. Besides all of that, the women artists