Abstract
John McGahern's first novel appears as a work dominated by confinement from a geographical, psychological and existential point of view. In order to convey Elizabeth's growing feeling of claustrophobia, the narrator plays on inclusion and circularity. Enclosed in a world of incommunicability, Elizabeth progressively loses contact with reality, only to become more and more engrossed in herself. Through her experience and awareness, despite sporadic surges of transcendance, The Barracks depicts a humanity trapped in unconsciousness, meaninglessness, and solitude.
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