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T1 The kaleidoscopic perspective in Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin (2009): trauma and transculturality
T2 A perspectiva caleidoscópica em Let the Great World Spin (2009) de Colum McCann: trauma e transculturalidade
A1 Casas Coelho, María del Rosario
K1 Let the Great World Spin
K1 Transculturality
K1 Transnationalism
K1 Trauma healing
K1 Bonding
K1 Transculturalidade
K1 Transnacionalismo
K1 Recuperação pós-trauma
K1 Estabelecer vínculos
K1 Filología
K1 Philology
K1 Literatura irlandesa
K1 Irish literature
AB This article argues that Colum McCann’s novel Let the Great World Spin (2009) epitomizes the Irish transcultural novel. It portrays transculturality through a considerable diversity of damaged characters who bond to overcome a common trauma. By engaging with transcultural, transnational, and postmulticultural theories, this article analyses some of the literary features of McCann’s formal experimentation that eventually alleviate pain and foster tolerance and empathy among people with different backgrounds. Then, it explores the universalisation of trauma, where the local is made global and the characters deploy similar responses when exposed to traumatic situations. The novel, an attempt to find grace after the trauma of 9/11, presents many characters who advocate for plural perspectives and, as a kaleidoscope, it brings to the centre of the narrative the differences among people and opens possibilities for beautiful and new configurations.
PB Universidade de São Paulo
SN 2595-8127
YR 2021
FD 2021-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10213
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/10213
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 22-feb-2025