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2021 | 61 | 2 | 25-37

Article title

“Addiction is a strange bastard”: Alcohol(ism) in Irish Fiction

Content

Title variants

PL
„Uzależnienie to zdradziecka bestia”: o przedstawieniach alkoholizmu w irlandzkiej powieści

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Abstracts

PL
Chociaż trudno jest odrzucić twierdzenie, że alkohol można uznać za nieodzowny element kultury irlandzkiej, w powszechnym odbiorze przekonanie to często oparte jest na stereotypach. Pomocna w zrozumieniu tej kwestii jest literatura irlandzka. Znaleźć tu możemy obrazy radosnego opilstwa, ale także, zwłaszcza w tekstach współczesnych, dramat uzależnienia alkoholowego i powiązane z nim problemy. Prezentowany artykuł podejmuje próbę przyjrzenia się, jak literatura irlandzka przedstawia kwestię spożywania i nadużywania alkoholu, a także w jaki sposób teksty literackie ukazują szerszą perspektywę, która pozwala na zrewidowanie stereotypów dotyczących przysłowiowej kultury alkoholowej Irlandii.
EN
Although it is hard to challenge the claim that alcohol can be considered inherent in Irish culture, the common perception of the fact often feeds on clichés. What helps understand this question is Irish literature. On the one hand, it portrays jubilant festivity to be found in many literary works; on the other, it renders the drama behind alcohol dependency, shifting the focus from joviality towards the more murky aspects of drink consumption, mostly thematised in contemporary literature. This article takes a closer look at how Irish literature renders alcohol use and abuse, and how the literary representations offer a broader perspective, allowing to reconsider some of the stereotypical notions of the proverbial Irish propensity for drink.

Year

Volume

61

Issue

2

Pages

25-37

Physical description

Dates

published
2021

Contributors

  • Politechnika Koszalińska, Wydział Humanistyczny, Filologia Angielska, ul. Śniadeckich 2, 75-453 Koszalin

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki
1812100

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_18778_1505-9057_61_02
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