The present paper analyses the way in which Colum McCann's novel Songdogs (1995) constitutes an attempt at reconstructing and reconciling oneself with the past, a theme that a number of contemporary critics perceive as characteristic of the Irish literary experience. It will be argued that via the novel's non-linear, fragmented narrative structure, on the one hand, and its frequent use of static images reminiscent of photography on the other, McCann engages the concept of memory and translates its founding functional principles into a personal literary technique. The task of recovering significance from distinct media - be it still images or the novel's texture - will be construed as operating on two levels. The novel's mixed plot lines con...
Colum McCann a débuté sa carrière d’écrivain dans les années 1990, alors que la société et l’économi...
Troubling bodies: suffering, resistance and hope in Colum McCann's 'Troubles' short fictionYe
International audienceMy paper will focus on the representation of the cottage by the lough in Colum...
The present paper analyses the way in which Colum McCann’s novel Songdogs (1995) constitutes an atte...
In this study we intend to show how the narratives of displacement, in the novel Songdogs, by Colum ...
This article deals with two novels by the Irish writer Colum McCann: Songdogs and This Side of Brig...
Colum McCann started his career as a writer in the 1990s, a period that was characterized by drastic...
This creative-practice thesis explores the interplay of memory and setting in the short fiction of C...
Memory is not a static or innocuous representation of the past, but a continuing struggle over how b...
This thesis explores selected texts by the contemporary author Colum McCann (b.1965), situating his...
This thesis explores the recurring patterns of Irish mythological narratives that influence literatu...
According to Pierre Nora, “[m]emory and history, far from being synonymous, appear now to be in fund...
This thesis examines the extent to which Eilis Dillon\u27s (1920-94) reliance on memory and her prop...
Colum McCann is rightly acknowledged as being one of Ireland’s most talented living novelists. The s...
This is the introduction to the book Colum McCann And The Aesthetics Of Redemption.At the beginning ...
Colum McCann a débuté sa carrière d’écrivain dans les années 1990, alors que la société et l’économi...
Troubling bodies: suffering, resistance and hope in Colum McCann's 'Troubles' short fictionYe
International audienceMy paper will focus on the representation of the cottage by the lough in Colum...
The present paper analyses the way in which Colum McCann’s novel Songdogs (1995) constitutes an atte...
In this study we intend to show how the narratives of displacement, in the novel Songdogs, by Colum ...
This article deals with two novels by the Irish writer Colum McCann: Songdogs and This Side of Brig...
Colum McCann started his career as a writer in the 1990s, a period that was characterized by drastic...
This creative-practice thesis explores the interplay of memory and setting in the short fiction of C...
Memory is not a static or innocuous representation of the past, but a continuing struggle over how b...
This thesis explores selected texts by the contemporary author Colum McCann (b.1965), situating his...
This thesis explores the recurring patterns of Irish mythological narratives that influence literatu...
According to Pierre Nora, “[m]emory and history, far from being synonymous, appear now to be in fund...
This thesis examines the extent to which Eilis Dillon\u27s (1920-94) reliance on memory and her prop...
Colum McCann is rightly acknowledged as being one of Ireland’s most talented living novelists. The s...
This is the introduction to the book Colum McCann And The Aesthetics Of Redemption.At the beginning ...
Colum McCann a débuté sa carrière d’écrivain dans les années 1990, alors que la société et l’économi...
Troubling bodies: suffering, resistance and hope in Colum McCann's 'Troubles' short fictionYe
International audienceMy paper will focus on the representation of the cottage by the lough in Colum...