‘THEM WAS THE DAYS’: MALIGNANT NOSTALGIA IN PATRICK MCCABE’S THE BUTCHER BOY
| dc.contributor.author | Ersöz, Nusret | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-29T17:50:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-29T17:50:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.department | Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | Nostalgia etymologically corresponds to a longing for returning to a euphoric place ortime in past. In some cases (i.e. post-traumatic states), the acuteness of nostalgicfeelings is pathologically aggravated so as to lead individual to some belligerent andeven delinquent conducts. This sort of a ‘malignant’ nostalgia is delineated by PatrickMcCabe, a pre-eminent contemporary Irish novelist, in his most acclaimed novel, TheButcher Boy (1992). McCabe’s protagonist, the schoolboy Francie Brady, undergoes aseries of traumatic incidents triggered by his dysfunctional family, hypocritical andself-centered milieu and the corrupt public institutions. This paper, suggesting thatnostalgia becomes a pathology in Francie’s case, discusses the ways in which Francie,being overcome with a pathetic obsession to bring the past back, loses his touch withthe reality of the present.. This paper also argues that the protagonist’s domestic senseof nostalgia represents a longing for reattaining traditional Irish identity. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.20304/humanitas.779456 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 255 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2147-088X | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 17 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 244 | |
| dc.identifier.trdizinid | 425528 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.779456 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/425528 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/12907 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 9 | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | TR-Dizin | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Humanitas - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.title | ‘THEM WAS THE DAYS’: MALIGNANT NOSTALGIA IN PATRICK MCCABE’S THE BUTCHER BOY | |
| dc.type | Article |
