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The Talking Dead: An Exploration of the Graveyard as a Literary Device in Máirtín Ó Cadhain's Graveyard Clay and George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo
 Rogan, Patrick ; Markus, Radvan (advisor) ; Theinová, Daniela (referee)
in English The intent of this thesis is a comprehensive comparison between Máirtín Ó Cadhain's novel Cré na Cille and George Saunders's novel Lincoln in the Bardo. A particular emphasis is placed on both Ó Cadhain and Saunders's use of the literary device of 'voices in the graveyard' as a method of depicting an entire community. The first chapter focuses on the afterlives portrayed in each novel - Saunders's fantastical reimagining of the Tibetan Buddhist concept of the bardo is contrasted against Ó Cadhain's metaphysical, yet nearly nonreligious afterlife. The second chapter uses Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of heteroglossia to analyze the language used by the characters in both novels. The third chapter begins by providing historical background on the settings of each novel (Cré na Cille takes place during World War II and Lincoln in the Bardo is set during the early days of the Civil War), before exploring how some of each of the text's major characters fit within those specific epochs. The thesis then summarizes the key reasons that the device of 'voices in the graveyard' can serve as an ideal means of portraying a community in toto. In conclusion, the thesis briefly investigates Edward Mendelson's idea of the encyclopedic narrative and where Cré na Cille and Lincoln in the Bardo fit within this...
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