"Nos pasaba a todos": Revelando los abusos sexuales de la Irlanda católica en Smile de Roddy Doyle
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https://doi.org/10.24162/EI2021-10076Palabras clave:
Abusos sexuales, Iglesia Católica, clase obrera, silencio, revelación, traumaResumen
En su novela Smile (2017), Roddy Doyle presenta una sociedad que aún se halla bajo la fuerte influencia de los principios morales dictados por la Iglesia Católica y que, debido a ello, evita todo tipo de debate sobre sexualidad en cualquiera de sus manifestaciones. En medio de este clima, Victor Forde, protagonista de la novela y de origen obrero, intentará revelar los abusos sexuales que sufrió de niño en una escuela dirigida por los Hermanos Cristianos. En mi artículo argumento que los silencios y tabús que impregnan la sociedad representada en la novela así como la sospecha que tiene Victor de que su posición social le convirtió en el objetivo perfecto para los abusos que sufrió, condicionan la única oportunidad que surge de contar su historia. El estrepitoso fracaso de esta oportunidad, junto a las condiciones ya mencionadas, truncan de modo definitivo la posibilidad que tenía Victor de sanar sus heridas y de llevar una vida normal y corriente.
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