Archival Suspicion and Authorial Desire in The Dalkey Archive

Authors : Gülden HATİPOĞLU

Pages : 31-43

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Publication Date : 2023-05-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The central aim of this article is to explore the politics of the archive and archival mnemonics in Flann O’Brien’s last novel, The Dalkey Archive insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1964);. The argumentative axis moves along the relation between archival power and authorial agency, especially in terms of re/imagining alternative histories/archives. Relying on the metaphor of the book as an archive, and the author as an archivist, the article introduces a reading of the novel within the historical context of Ireland’s post-independence intellectual and political climate. O’Brien’s biting dark humour, which exposes the ideological fictionality of archival constructs and debunks canonical authority, is shown to introduce a critical commentary on many aspects of the relationship between authorship and power.
Keywords : Flann OBrien, Dalkey Arşivi, Yazarlık, Arşiv, Bellek, Alternatif tarihler