If I was Irish I'd be crying by now’
Irishness and exteriority, Doyle's Deportees and the Irish plays of Martin McDonagh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12303340 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Cronin (University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188-202 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0967-0882 • E-ISSN: 1469-9303 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09670882.2013.786919 |
| OpenAlex | W1973531819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
While variations on the relationship between Irishness and exteriority resound throughout Irish literature and Irish studies, the implications and applications of the version offered by Roddy Doyle's short story ‘Home to Harlem’ remain underdeveloped. This article explores the particular paradigm of Irishness derivable from Doyle's work, and is motivated by it to revisit and re-examine the Irish plays of Martin McDonagh and the question of audience relation to them. I argue that the constituents of the overly rehearsed ‘McDonagh enigma’ – his reliance on stereotypical representation and his highlighting of artifice – ensure a dynamic of recognition and exteriority in the Irish-identifying audience, which, in turn, enacts an extreme version of the process of Irishness extrapolable from Doyle
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| Citations per year | 0.18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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