Um retrato da Irlanda pelo artista : história, mitologia e identidade em "Finn's Hotel", de James Joyce

Abstract

This study proposes the analysis of Finn's hotel, by the Irish James Joyce, by reflecting on the concepts of identity, otherness and stereotyping, thus, revealing how these concepts allow for a more thorough understanding of the construction of the characters and the relationships that they establish within the narrative, thereby contributing to a broader reading of the joycean corpus. Taking for reference the studies of Eric Landowski on otherness, understanding the role of the other in the identity constitution of an individual, and the theories of Stuart Hall on identity, this study aims to show how the characters presented in the fragments that make up Finn's Hotel were developed as opposed to the other and from the spaces they occupy. To the perception of the other an association is intended with the study of Homi Bhabha on stereotyping, a common social practice that indiscriminately reduces and segregates subjects that are defined by generic features. In the case of the Finn's hotel study, it expects to find evidence of stereotypical practices typically associated with Ireland, such as alcoholism, religious fanaticism and the Irish jingoism which traditionally provides a sense of national identity. Therefore, it revises the Irish history and its myths, the latter considered from the theories of E.M. Mielietinski and Mircea Eliade about mythology and literature, in search of an understanding of the characters and of the seminal moments that are invoked in the work of Joyce. The investigation of historical figures portrayed in Finn's hotel and the stereotypes that they help to establish - and that are also present in other joycean characters - allows the reader to understand the context and the place where James Joyce set his main narratives, defining the importance of Dublin (and Ireland in general) in the life and creative process of the self-exiled writer.