La visibilidad de la clase obrera en Lawrence Driscoll’s Evading Class in Contemporary British Literature y Rachel Seiffert’s The Walk Home
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Rachel Seiffert, Lawrence Driscoll, la novela contemporánea, identidad, clase socialResumen
Driscoll propone que la novela y discurso crítico contemporáneos dan poca importancia a las clases sociales en general y la clase obrera en especial. Hoy día, La identidad humana se construye con parámetros más flexibles, como, por ejemplo, la orientación sexual, un término que define la persona como agente. Driscoll analiza una amplia gama de ficción literaria y películas con el fin de subrayar que la palabra ‘clase’ a menudo se asocia con “la clase media.” Cuando los autores dirigen su interés hacia la clase trabajadora, normalmente la retratan de una manera negativa,
La segunda mitad del artículo intenta averiguar hasta qué punto la hipótesis de Driscoll es válida, mediante la estrategia de aplicar sus conclusiones a la recién publicada novela de Seiffert. El artículo arrebata la teoría que la escritura posmoderna necesariamente produce textos apolíticos, y cuestiona otros presupuestos cercanos.
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