![]() ![]() ![]() This discussion of the author, ‘Alasdair Gray’, allows for a broader discussion of the self, reflecting Gray’s political position as one not limited to Scotland but encouraging of all nations to consider postcolonial futures. I discuss the role of the novel form in developing ideas of the nation, presenting Gray’s destabilisation of the author as a political statement. Gray uses polyphony to present a range of authorial figures that act to destabilise traditional textual authority held by the author. This metafictional discussion will centre on the author and how Gray, in his novels, exposes and manipulates the authority held by the author figure to form a political dialogue. In this thesis I engage with both the postmodern and political nature of Gray’s work, using a metafictional approach that accommodates these two often conflicting aspects of Gray’s novels. The play, titled Lanark: A Life in Three Acts, is the second stage adaptation of Gray’s critically acclaimed novel. Alasdair Gray’s novels highlight the construction of the author to frame a discussion around authority and the political implications of destabilising and reconstructing power structures. THE play adaptation of Lanark: A Life in Four Books by Alasdair Gray debuts at the Edinburgh International Festival on Friday. ![]()
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