Journal | Il Tolomeo
Journal issue | 18 | 2016
Research Article | Postcolonial Trauma in William Trevor’s Anglo-Irish Big House Trilogy
Postcolonial Trauma in William Trevor’s Anglo-Irish Big House Trilogy
- Angelo Monaco - Università degli studi di Bari "Aldo Moro" - email
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.
Submitted: Aug. 31, 2016 | Accepted: Nov. 10, 2016 | Published Dec. 19, 2016 | Language: en
Keywords William Trevor • Anglo-Irish Big House Fiction • Melancholia • Postcolonial Trauma Literature
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ECF_article_596 |
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dc.title |
Postcolonial Trauma in William Trevor’s Anglo-Irish Big House Trilogy |
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dc.contributor.author |
Monaco Angelo |
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dc.publisher |
Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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dc.type |
Research Article |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/il-tolomeo/2016/1/postcolonial-trauma-in-william-trevors-anglo-irish/ |
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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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dc.relation.ispartof |
Il Tolomeo |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
Vol. 18 | December 2016 |
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dc.issued |
2016-12-19 |
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dc.dateAccepted |
2016-11-10 |
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dc.dateSubmitted |
2016-08-31 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
2499-5975 |
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dc.rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-18-16-11 |
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dc.peer-review |
yes |
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dc.subject |
Anglo-Irish Big House Fiction |
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dc.subject |
Anglo-Irish Big House Fiction |
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dc.subject |
Melancholia |
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dc.subject |
Melancholia |
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dc.subject |
Postcolonial Trauma Literature |
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dc.subject |
Postcolonial Trauma Literature |
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dc.subject |
William Trevor |
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dc.subject |
William Trevor |
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