Rivista | Il Tolomeo
Fascicolo | 18 | 2016
Articolo | Postcolonial Trauma in William Trevor’s Anglo-Irish Big House Trilogy
Abstract
This article explores William Trevor’s Big House trilogy that is set against the backdrop of the early twentieth century Anglo-Irish tensions. By interweaving postcolonial theory and trauma studies, my investigation seeks to unveil the melancholic and anti-melancholic stance in Trevor’s fiction. Through narrative experimentalism, intertextual and intratextual links and symbolism, Trevor subverts the traditional features of the Big House literary tradition, showing that traumatic colonial history can offer a redemption of sort that discloses the transformative power of literary (postcolonial) imagination.
Presentato: 31 Agosto 2016 | Accettato: 10 Novembre 2016 | Pubblicato 19 Dicembre 2016 | Lingua: en
Keywords William Trevor • Postcolonial Trauma Literature • Melancholia • Anglo-Irish Big House Fiction
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Postcolonial Trauma in William Trevor’s Anglo-Irish Big House Trilogy |
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Monaco Angelo |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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en |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/il-tolomeo/2016/1/postcolonial-trauma-in-william-trevors-anglo-irish/ |
dc.description.abstract |
This article explores William Trevor’s Big House trilogy that is set against the backdrop of the early twentieth century Anglo-Irish tensions. By interweaving postcolonial theory and trauma studies, my investigation seeks to unveil the melancholic and anti-melancholic stance in Trevor’s fiction. Through narrative experimentalism, intertextual and intratextual links and symbolism, Trevor subverts the traditional features of the Big House literary tradition, showing that traumatic colonial history can offer a redemption of sort that discloses the transformative power of literary (postcolonial) imagination. |
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Il Tolomeo |
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Vol. 18 | Dicembre 2016 |
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2016-12-19 |
dc.dateAccepted |
2016-11-10 |
dc.dateSubmitted |
2016-08-31 |
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2499-5975 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-18-16-11 |
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yes |
dc.subject |
Anglo-Irish Big House Fiction |
dc.subject |
Anglo-Irish Big House Fiction |
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Melancholia |
dc.subject |
Melancholia |
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Postcolonial Trauma Literature |
dc.subject |
Postcolonial Trauma Literature |
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William Trevor |
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William Trevor |
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