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“O ENCONTRO”, DE ANNE ENRIGHT: UMA LEITURA SOB A ÓTICA DO NOVO HISTORICISMO

2010; Volume: 11; Issue: 21 Linguagem: Inglês

1981-4755

Maria Inês Chaves, Brunilda Tempel Reichmann,

Irish and British Studies

After winning The Man Booker Prize, a prestigious English literary prize, with The Gathering, the Irish writer Anne Enright has achieved a considerable international prominence as a writer in the contemporary literary scene. The book tells the history of Veronica Hegarty, narrator and protagonist, who, after her brother’s suicide, goes through a difficult period in order to deal with the event. During this period, she reveals the history and conflicts of three generations of her family. This paper aims to present an analysis of this novel in the light of New Historicism as an introduction to its interpretation.