| Title |
The other, the new, and the old. Three Images of Leith in Irvine Welsh’s Porno |
| Translation of Title |
Kitas, naujas ir senas. Trys Lito įvaizdžiai Irvine’o Welsho romane Porno. |
| Authors |
Zibalas, Deividas |
| DOI |
10.15388/Litera.2021.4.3 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Literatūra.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2021, t. 63, Nr. 4, p. 32-44.. ISSN 0258-0802. eISSN 1648-1143 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Welsh ; Porno ; Leith, Edinburgh ; city, place, identity |
| Abstract [eng] |
In this paper, I focus on Irvine Welsh’s novel Porno (2002), the sequel to Trainspotting (1993). Most of the events of the novel take place in Edinburgh, and the changing face of Leith, a working-class neighbourhood, becomes the central axis in the story. By drawing on Edward Relph (1976) and Harold M. Proshansky et al. (2014 [1983]), I focus on how the characters of the novel self-consciously reflect on the neighbourhood’s changing identity, as well as the implications these changes have for their own sense of self. Multiperspectivity becomes the mode Welsh employs to project a nuanced image of Leith, as seen from the subjective perspectives of five internal narrators. What I am interested in exploring is not the identity of Leith per se, but the different images of Leith that emerge through the way the narrators identify with the neighbourhood. Specifically, I distinguish and focus on three images of Leith that emerge in the novel. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2021 |
| CC license |
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