Ghosts on the Water: Marina Carr's reception of the Classical Underworld in her Midland Trilogy

Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English (UK)

Madeleine Scherer

关键词: Marina Carr;    Irish Literature;    Mythology;    Derrida;   

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: University of Durham

【 摘 要 】

This article discusses the use of classical sources in Marina Carr's Midland Trilogy, including The Mai, Portia Coughlain and By the Bog of Cats.It analyses Carr's construction of the Irish Midlands out of features from an anachronistically authentic Ireland, intermingled with features of the classical underworld.The Maiis seen as a re-figuration of theOdyssey, whilePortia CoughlainadaptsElectraandBy the Bog of CatsreconstructsMedea. Within these adaptations, this article reads Carr's establishment of a cyclical time of endless repetitions through Derrida's hauntology, wherein the silence of the ghosts echoes the inexpressible elements within history itself through which the past attempts to coexist with the living.

【 授权许可】

CC BY