Identidades irlandesas revisadas en "Empire" de Mary O'Donnell

Autores/as

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24162/EI2022-10694

Palabras clave:

Mary O’Donnell, “Empire”, teoría de la liminalidad, literatura irlandesa, relato corto

Resumen

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo principal analizar la posición liminal, y por tanto ambigua, de Irlanda y de los irlandeses como miembros del Imperio Británico a través del relato de Mary O’Donnell “Empire”, el cual fue publicado en una colección del mismo nombre en 2018. Mi enfoque se fundamenta en la perspectiva teórica de los estudios de liminalidad, que han categorizado al relato como género liminal por excelencia y demuestran ser especialmente adecuados para tratar las complejidades de las identidades postcoloniales. El artículo se centra en las diferentes técnicas temáticas y narrativas de las que se sirve el relato para representar diferentes experiencias irlandesas y negociar así identidades y espacios en conflicto en un momento de inestabilidad política y social – en los años de la Gran Guerra y el Levantamiento de Pascua – proporcionando una perspectiva contemporánea que invita a la reflexión y a reconsiderar la memoria nacional irlandesa oficial.

Biografía del autor/a

Antía Román-Sotelo, University of Santiago de Compostela

Antía Román-Sotelo holds an MA in Advanced English Studies and its Applications (2019) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. She has been awarded an FPU fellowship from the Ministry of Universities of Spain (FPU19/01794) to carry out her PhD dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Laura Lojo Rodríguez and with the support of the Research Group “Discurso e Identidade” (ED431C 2019/01) on the historical, political and social reasons that contributed to the oblivion of Ireland’s participation in the Great War through the analysis of contemporary narratives.

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Publicado

17-03-2022

Cómo citar

Antía Román-Sotelo. (2022). Identidades irlandesas revisadas en "Empire" de Mary O’Donnell. Estudios Irlandeses, 17(1), 90–100. https://doi.org/10.24162/EI2022-10694