‘The Troubles’ and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland in Seamus Heaney’s "The Cure at Troy"

Juan José Cogolludo Díaz

doi:10.18172/jes.4439

Autores/as

Juan José Cogolludo Díaz Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Tudela http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6473-0833

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.4439

Palabras clave:

Seamus Heaney, The Cure at Troy, Irlanda del Norte, ‘Troubles’, violencia, esperanza

Resumen

A partir de la obra trágica de "Filoctetes" de Sófocles, el poeta Seamus Heaney crea su propia versión en "The Cure at Troy" para reflejar los problemas políticos y sociales en Irlanda del Norte durante el periodo conocido eufemísticamente como ‘los Troubles’. El objetivo de este trabajo es resaltar la importancia de la obra de Heaney en los últimos años del conflicto. Heaney se sirve de la obra clásica griega para establecer un marco en el que poner de manifiesto el sufrimiento de la población norirlandesa fruto de la violencia atávica y sectaria existente entre las comunidades unionista y nacionalista. No obstante, Heaney también aporta ciertas claves que permiten albergar un atisbo de esperanza en la paz y en el futuro en Irlanda del Norte.

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Biografía del autor/a

Juan José Cogolludo Díaz, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Tudela

Department of English: Tenured teacher.

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