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- Metaphors of Authority: Power Politics of Identity and Perception in Irish Texts
Metaphors of Authority: Power Politics of Identity and Perception in Irish Texts
Authors : Oğuzhan Ayrım
Pages : 103-116
Doi:10.46250/kulturder.1395737
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Publication Date : 2024-03-10
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The central aim of this article is to explore the power politics of perception between English and Irish representations within selected canonised Irish texts. The focal point of this article orbits around the relationship between the observer and the observed with an essential emphasis on the roles of defining and defined subjects. Focusing on the metaphorical framework of Father England as the authority of gaze and Mother Ireland as the object of gaze, this article introduces Ireland’s post-independence era as the inception of a transformative journey that is characterised by a promise of self-definition after liberation from English dominion. In navigating the power dynamics of perception between Father England and Mother Ireland, this article takes a focused approach by analysing key literary works. Specifically, James Joyce’s “The Dead” (1914), Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s The Key (1949), and John Banville’s The Book of Evidence (1989) serve as illustrative examples. With these texts, this article aims to depict the trajectory of Ireland’s evolution from a position of being defined to a self-defining position.Keywords : İrlanda, kendilik algısı, James Joyce, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, John Banville