The Nurturing River in Nuala Ní Chonchúir’s YouAn ecocritical reading

  1. Morales-Ladrón, Marisol 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Revista:
ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies

ISSN: 2531-1654,  2531-1646

Año de publicación: 2019

Número: 40

Páginas: 77-95

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.24197/ERSJES.40.2019.77-96 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies

Resumen

A partir de la idea de que el acercamiento crítico a la literatura urbana ha tendido a ignorar el papel que juegan los ríos, este estudio trata de analizar el poder emocional que adopta el río Liffey en la primera novela de Nuala NíChounchúir, You (2010). Siguiendo postulados de ecocrítica, el presente análisis ahonda en temas relacionados con el efecto que tienen los hábitats urbanos y semiurbanos en la formación del pensamiento individual, cuestionando la división tradicional entre el campo y la ciudad. De esta forma, defiende que la percepción de la protagonista y la relación que mantiene con los lugares que habita pueden explicarse a partir de los conceptos de topofilia y ecofobia, con el fin de subvertirlos. Finalmente el análisis sugiere que el sonido arrullador de la cascada de agua y el efecto de la corriente del río son los elementos que, al disolver las leyes naturales y las sociales, nutren la fusión entre la vida y la muerte posibilitando así el renacer.

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