By herself — Analysis of the Short Story “The Bride” by Maeve Brennan
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https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v29i63.58464.enKeywords:
Short Stories, Female Authorship, Literature of Migration, Modern Irish Literature, LonelinessAbstract
This article is an analysis of the short story “The Bride”, by the Irish writer Maeve Brennan, from the perspective of the Irish diaspora to the USA and, in particular, of the female migration. As a theoretical framework, it uses Stuart Hall’s theory of fragmented identity; Halbwachs’ concept of memory, and Silva’s theorization of alterity. Moreover, McWilliams and Murphy’s literary criticism of Brennan’s work, among others, perform a special role in this analysis.
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