ABSTRACT

The media plays a critical role in the discursive formation of a country’s collective memory and national identity. Through a thematic analysis of a popular programme Nationwide on Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE), this paper discusses the representation of the twentieth-century Anglo-Irish relations on Irish TV, analysing features of the shifting narrative and the mechanisms through which it manoeuvres around the traditional nationalist framing. A careful reading of the programme’s depiction of different eras reveals a three-pronged strategy of substitution, redefinition and reaffirmation in the re-imagining of Anglo-Irish relations in the twentieth century, which promises a more tolerant and pragmatic Irishness amid changed contexts.

摘要

媒体在一个国家的集体记忆和民族认同的话语形成中发挥着关键作用。本文通过对 Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE) 上的热门节目Nationwide的专题分析，讨论了 20 世纪英爱关系在爱尔兰电视上的表现，分析了不断变化的叙事特征及其在传统的民族主义框架。仔细阅读该节目对不同时代的描述，可以发现在重新想象 20 世纪英爱关系时采取了替代、重新定义和重申三管齐下的策略，这有望在变化的环境中展现出更加宽容和务实的爱尔兰人性。