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2015 | 18 | 17-28

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Memory and Manipulation in Irish Literature: A Study of Selected Works by Colm Tóibín and Anne Enright

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The aim of the article is to analyse a selection of literary works by Colm Tóibín and Anne Enright from the perspective of modernist and postmodernist theories about memory and identity. It is argued that Tóibín’s and Enright’s works are characterised by a typically postmodern approach towards memory: their narrators are both acutely aware of the significance of memory in the creation of their identity, and of its limitations. This paradoxical approach towards the question of memory, which stresses its importance as well as its fallibility, is of central importance in this article.
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Celem artykułu jest analiza wybranych dzieł literackich Colma Tóibína oraz Anne Enright z perspektywy modernistycznych i postmodernistycznych teorii pamięci i tożsamości. Dzieła Colma Tóibína oraz Anne Enright charakteryzują się typowo postmodernistycznym podejściem do pamięci: ich narratorzy są boleśnie świadomi wagi pamięci w tworzeniu świadomości, jak i jej ograniczeń. Ten paradoks, łączący głębokie znaczenie pamięci wraz z jej zawodnością, stanowi oś proponowanego artykułu.

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18

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17-28

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  • Uniwersytet Jagielloński

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