Literary Images of Self and Other in Irish and Ukrainian Famine Fiction

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-72508-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 34, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Studia Imagologica

This book is a comparative imagological study of novelistic representations of the Irish and Ukrainian Great Famines. It examines the formation of stereotypical perceptions between nations in Irish and Ukrainian fiction. Focusing on the novels The Silent People (1962) by Walter Macken, The Hungry Land (1986) by Michael Mullen, Maria: A Chronicle of a Life (1934) by Ulas Samchuk and Sweet Snow (2013) by Alexander J. Motyl, the author compares and contrasts images of the Self and the Other created in Irish and Ukrainian novels about famine and investigates ways in which stereotypical perceptions between nations are forged and disseminated. The author argues that negative attitudes between people and/or nations largely depend on power relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Krol, Tatiana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Prosa, Erzählung, Roman, Prosaautoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1 Famines in Ireland and Ukraine 1 The Peculiarities of the Irish and Ukrainian Contexts 2 The Irish Image 3 The Ukrainian Image

2 A Comparative Analysis of Ulas Samchuk’s and Walter Macken’s Novels 1 Maria: a Chronicle of a Life 1.1 The Auto-Image 1.2 The Hetero-Image 1.3 The Otherness of the Bolsheviks, the Russians, the Komsomols 1.4 Transition from the Auto- to Hetero-Image 1.5 The Role of Violence in Shaping Negative Perceptions 1.6 Changes in the Ukrainian Perceptions of Russia 1.7 The Role of Ideology 1.8 Oppression as a Cause of National Disintegration 2 The Silent People 2.1 Image Formation 2.2 The Importance of Food 2.3 Representations of Poverty 2.4 The Auto-Image 2.5 Cultural Circumstances 2.6 The Expression of Patriotism 2.7 Questions of Religion 2.8 The Hetero-Image 2.9 Manifestations of Cruelty 2.10 Humor in the Context of Famine 2.11 The Concept of Silence 2.12 Conclusion

3 A Comparative Analysis of Alexander J. Motyl’s and Michael Mullen’s Novels 1 Sweet Snow 1.1 The Auto-Image 1.2 Patriotism and Nationalism: Ideological Dilemma 1.3 The Uncertainty of Belonging – Problematic Identities 1.4 Representations of Suffering: Fiction and Reality 1.5 The Psychological Effects of Famine 1.6 The Hetero-Image 1.7 Perceptions of Russia 1.8 Thematizing Space and Disgust 2 The Hungry Land 2.1 The Role of Space 2.2 Thematizing Spatial Entities: Valley/Land 2.3 The Symbolism of the Big House 2.4 Larger Spatial Entities: the Sea 2.5 The Auto-Image 2.6 Factors Shaping Anglo-Irish Relations 2.7 Representations of Patriotism 2.8 The Use of Humor 2.9 Causes of the Famine 2.10 The Hetero-Image 2.11 Hybridity of Images 2.12 The Silence of Famine 2.13 Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tatiana Krol, Ph.D. (2019), Dublin City University, is an independent scholar and teacher of English. She has published several articles in the field of Comparative Literature, including ‘The Literary Portrayals of Ivan Mazepa in Byron’s Mazeppa & Pushkin’s Poltava: A Comparative Analysis’ (Studia Rossica Posnaniensia, Poznan, Poland, 2023).