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    <language>eng</language>
        <publisher>Journal of Irish Studies</publisher>
        <journalTitle>Estudios Irlandeses</journalTitle>
        <eissn>1699-311X</eissn>
            <publicationDate>2007-03-15</publicationDate>
        <volume>2</volume>
    <issue>2</issue>
        <startPage>107</startPage>
    <endPage>120</endPage>
    <publisherRecordId>2649</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng"><![CDATA[ Music, Symbol and Negativity in Eilis Ni Dhuibhne’s “The Pale Gold of Alaska” ]]></title>

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      <author>
        <name><![CDATA[ Michal Matynia ]]></name>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
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      <affiliationName affiliationId="1"><![CDATA[ Dalarna University College, Sweden ]]></affiliationName>
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        <abstract language="eng"><![CDATA[ This article attempts to reveal a transitory point in the course of which the protagonist of Eilis Ni Dhuibhne’s “The Pale Gold of Alaska” endeavours to question polar truths that position her in the ‘Irish female’ scheme, thus causing her transformation into the enigma –a symbol that escapes the necessity of verbalising one’s Self. In order to carry out my goal, I dwelled heavily on musical parallels which proved helpful in the analysis of the mentioned negation of verbal identity. The use of musical symbolism, though, does not evolve solely from an analytical interest, since, as I see it, musical patterns and symbols are deeply rooted in literary works and help us understand literature in ways not yet explored. Though musicology bears a strong resemblance to philosophical and literary movements, the ideas of philosophers like Kristeva, who is very fond of musical metaphors while describing her semiotics, never formed a separate area of literary criticism. Still, her idea of using a non-verbal signifying system to explain linguistic and even psychological patterns is inspiring enough to carry out similar practice in relation to literature.
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          <keywords language="eng">
              <keyword>Psychoanalysis</keyword>
              <keyword>Semiotics</keyword>
              <keyword>Musicology</keyword>
              <keyword>Identity</keyword>
              <keyword>Negativity</keyword>
              <keyword>Enigma</keyword>
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