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Article: The Irish novel in crisis? The example of John McGahern.
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- Irish University Review: a journal of Irish Studies
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- March 22, 2005
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Given the rapid rate of social and economic change in Ireland in the past few decades, it would be logical to expect that the novel form should have undergone, and be undergoing, serious upheaval. However, that is not really the case generally speaking, and certainly not if your focus is John McGahern. Certain authors have experimented with different approaches in terms of narrative (John Banville, Patrick McCabe, Colum McCann, Jennifer Johnston, and Roddy Doyle for example) but one does not get the impression that Irish writers are all that keen to abandon completely the traditional novel form. John McGahern is seen by many commentators as a realist, which is a fair ...
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