Echoes of the Past: Collective Memory, Postcolonial Melancholia and Brexit in Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet
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2024-06-15
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It has been eight years since the Brexit referendum and the consequences of the outcome have been dictating Britain’s political landscape to this day. Since the Referendum, many novels have been written that are considered Brexlit, including Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet, which deal with the direct aftermath of Britain’s choice to leave the EU. This thesis provides an analysis of Ali Smith’s Seasonal Quartet in relation to British collective memory, national identity, postcolonial melancholia and Brexit. The aim is to establish an understanding of how these notions are represented within the four novels belonging to the Quartet and how those concepts might have influenced the outcome of the Brexit Referendum. The outcome of this research will add to the understanding of how certain perceptions of Britain’s past came to be and how these perceptions could have played a role in the majority vote for Leave in 2016.
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