Ageing in Irish Writing by Heather Ingman

Author:Heather Ingman
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783319964300
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Rather, rejecting the linear narrative progression of the Reifungsroman , the story turns back on itself, ending at the point of Anna’s death and the start of Max’s wading through the sea of memory that has formed his narrative. 62

More obviously categorizable in terms of life review are Banville’s earlier works, Eclipse (2000) and Shroud (2002), initially one novel, 63 in which the protagonists as Derek Hand has noted, ‘perform their quest for the self through writing’. 64 Much critical work has been done on these two novels around the themes of identity and authenticity, notably by Eoghan Smith and Mark O’Connell. Smith’s definition of authenticity, like that of Charles Taylor quoted in the previous chapter, stresses the individual’s responsibility for shaping a meaningful life:Broadly, however, for many existentialist thinkers, to live authentically involves decisively taking free possession of one’s existence in the absence of any pre-given or externally governed meaning … In an existentialist context, individual self-determination is an unavoidable freedom. 65

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