Incommunicability and Alienation in John McGahern’s “My Love, My Umbrella”: an Analysis of the Discursive Strategies

Numerous critics have emphasised the conflictual nature of verbal exchanges in John McGahern’s fiction. It is true that constructive dialogue is hardly a word one can use when referring to interpersonal communication in his works. Either the characters attempting to communicate resort to phatic lan...

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Auteur principal: Dubois, Dominique
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Journal of the Short Story in English 2008
Accès en ligne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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