The Remapping of Ireland and Reestablishment of Irish Nation

发布时间：2021-03-11 18:42

　　Twenty-three Irish authors have won or been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for fiction within the last forty years.The majority of the novels are related to the independence from England.Ireland has won economical independence since it achieved freedom from the British rule,yet the colonialism is still detected in the country’s culture.This dissertation examines postcolonial themes,such as nationality,Identity,language,race,and culture,in contemporary Irish novels.Particularly,this dissert... 

【文章来源】：华中师范大学湖北省 211工程院校 教育部直属院校

【文章页数】：113 页

【学位级别】：博士

【文章目录】：
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Abstract
1. Introduction
    1.1 Authors and works under discussion
    1.2 Literature review
    1.3 Methodology and contents of the dissertation
2. Brian Moore's Lies of Silence: Irish Identity Crisis and Its Redefinition
    2.1 Introduction
    2.2 Division among the Irish
        2.2.1 Due to religious disputes
        2.2.2 Due to political disputes
    2.3 Detrimental effect and futility of radical opposition
    2.4 Redefinition of Irish Identity through a national language
3. Reading in the Dark: Regaining Irishness through Language
    3.1 Introduction
    3.2 Loss of Irishness due to political and religious colonization
    3.3 Irish oppositional efforts and their futility
    3.4 Regaining Irishness through language
4. At Swim, Two Boys: Demystification of Martyrdom and Advocate of Cultural Nationalism
    4.1 Introduction
    4.2 Exhibition of Irish national martyrdom
    4.3 Demystification of national martyrdom
    4.4 Cultural nationalism as an alternative path
5. Conclusion and Recommendation
Bibliography
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