Past, Present, And Memory: The Ambivalence of Tradition in the Short Stories of Alistair Macleod. Past, Present, And Memory: The Ambivalence of Tradition in the Short Stories of Alistair Macleod.

Past, Present, And Memory: The Ambivalence of Tradition in the Short Stories of Alistair Macleod‪.‬

Ethnologies 2008, Fall, 30, 2

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The short stories of Alistair MacLeod are strongly influenced by the traditional folk culture of the descendants of the Scots originally displaced by the highland clearances, especially those who settled in Cape Breton. In his treatment of that culture, however, MacLeod develops an ambivalent tension between past and present that results in his characters being caught between the two, tied to the former by memory while struggling to adjust to the demands and harsh realities of the latter. Les nouvelles d'Alistair MacLeod sont largement influencees par la culture traditionnelle des descendants des Ecossais qui ont ete deplaces a l'origine lors des campagnes d'evacuation des Highlands, et en particulier ceux qui se sont etablis a l'ile du Cap-Breton. Dans la facon dont il etudie cette culture, cependant, MacLeod developpe une tension ambivalente entre le passe et le present qui fait en sorte que ses personnages se trouvent pris entre les deux, lies au passe par la memoire alors qu'ils s'efforcent de s'ajuster aux exigences et a la dure realite du present.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2008
22 September
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
20
Pages
PUBLISHER
Ethnologies
SIZE
193.5
KB
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