The representation of black characters in contemporary Irish literature

• Grant number: 20/03891-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2020
• Effective date (End): November 01, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Modern Foreign Literatures
• Principal Investigator: Laura Patricia Zuntini de Izarra
• Grantee: Victor Augusto da Cruz Pacheco
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/11639-9 - Blackness in Irish imagination: recuperating structures of feelings, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Based on racial anxiety, a concept which deals with a regular social dynamic occurred during interactions between black and white people (GODSIL, RICHARDSON, 2017), this Ph.D. project aims to analyze the representation of black characters in contemporary Irish literature, considering the affective effects of race on social imaginary. This research is justified because of the lack of critical reading on the literary representation of black characters by Irish writers. In this regard, it will be analyzed the short stories collection The Deportees (2007) by Roddy Doyle and This Hostel Life (2018) by Melatu Uche Okorie, Emma Donoghue's short story "The Welcome" (2007) and the novels The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry and Flight by Oona Frawley, both published in 2014. The theoretical background is composed of academic productions on Irish Studies(CAIRNS, RICHARDS, 1988; KIRBY, 2002; KIBERD, 2005; HARTE, 2014), racial theory (BRAH, 1996; GARNER, 2004; BRANNIGAN, 2009; HOOKS, 2015) and affective theory (SEDGWICK, 2003; AHMED, 2005; TOMKINS, 2008; CLOUGH, 2010; AHERN, 2019). (AU)