LIMINAL SPACES AND THE ECOMORPHIC SELF IN ALISTAIR MACLEOD’S SHORT STORIES

Liminal Spaces and the Ecomorphic Self in Alistair MacLeod’s Short Stories. Starting from the observation that Cape Breton Island, the distinctive setting of Alistair MacLeod’s fiction, is a “borderland” lying at the intersection of complementary elements (past – present, tradition – individuality,...

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Published in:Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philologia Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 265 - 280
Main Author: More, Octavian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Cluj-Napoca Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai 01.03.2021
Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai"
Cluj University Press
Subjects:
Alistair MacLeod, Cape Breton, liminality, borderlands, ecomorphism
Canadian literature
Deception
Fiction
Islands
Liminality
MacLeod, Alistair
Short stories
Studies of Literature
Theory of Literature
Cape Breton
ecomorphism
liminality
borderlands
Alistair MacLeod
ISSN:1220-0484, 2065-9652
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Summary:Liminal Spaces and the Ecomorphic Self in Alistair MacLeod’s Short Stories. Starting from the observation that Cape Breton Island, the distinctive setting of Alistair MacLeod’s fiction, is a “borderland” lying at the intersection of complementary elements (past – present, tradition – individuality, humans – environment), this paper proposes a general discussion of liminality in the author’s work as well as a close reading of two of his short stories, “The Road to Rankin’s Point” and “Island”, with the aim of highlighting how a relational, ecomorphic self-arises in the wake of symbolic encounters that lead to a reassessment of the subject’s position within their biological and cultural milieu.
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ISSN:1220-0484
2065-9652
DOI:10.24193/subbphilo.2021.1.19