RT Journal Article
T1 Colm Tóibín and post-nationalist Ireland: redefining family through alterity
A1 Carregal Romero, José
K1 6202.02 Análisis Literario
K1 62 Ciencias de las Artes y las Letras
AB In nationalist Ireland, definitions of family have traditionally followed a hetero-normativeand sexist pattern whereby husbands and wives fulfilled deeply unequal roles. Moreover, the notion offamily has been too often idealized as a site of peace and unconditional love, its members being unitedby unbreakable bonds of mutual affection. In Colm Tóibín’s fiction, “traditional” families tend to bedysfunctional and the relations between their members become strained because of emotional distance,regrets and distrust. However, Tóibín’s protagonists do find their sense of home and domesticityoutside the traditional parameters of family. In this regard, this paper intends to analyze the manner inwhich Tóibín de-stabilizes canonical definitions through his revisionist agenda and his inscription ofalternative forms of family. In order to shed light on these points, I shall refer to his novels The South(1990), The Heather Blazing (1992), The Blackwater Lightship (1999) and his short stories “A LongWinter” (Mothers and Sons, 2006), “Two Women” and “The Street” (The Empty Family, 2010).
PB Estudios Irlandeses
SN 1699311X
YR 2012
FD 2012-03-15
LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/5379
UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/5379
LA eng
NO Estudios Irlandeses, (7): 1-9 (2012)
DS Investigo
RD 13-dic-2024