For the final paper, I will be researching the Protestant-Catholic religious divisions within Ireland and the dynamics between a Catholic … More
Month: May 2020
“Eveline” and the Steamboat Ladies
For my research paper, I plan to analyze the short story of “Eveline” in Joyce’s Dubliners and connect it to … More
Feminism and Dracula
For my final paper I have chosen the second prompt which asks me to research the culture/ideology behind one of … More
O’Casey & the Irish Civil War
For my research paper I will be focusing on Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock and how this play serves … More
The Intersection of Irish Nationalism and Celtic Literary Revival in the Works of Joyce and Yeats
One thing which struck me out of our many class discussions was the use of mythology as a theme within … More
“Otherness” in Irish Literature
My research topic for the final paper will look at the literary concept of “the other”, beginning with the initial … More
Gabriel’s Use of his Class and Education During Difficult Situations in Joyce’s “The Dead”
Gabriel Convoy is the epitome of the upper-middle class unionist in the early Irish 20th century – he’s well educated, … More
Juno and the Matriarchy
My research paper will be based on the feminist overtones of Juno and the Paycock by Sean O’Casey. My research … More
Emigration and “Eveline”
IMAGE: ‘Emigrants Leave Ireland’, engraving by Henry Doyle (1827–1892), from Mary Frances Cusack’s Illustrated History of Ireland, 1868. For my final … More
Poverty During A Civil War
The research topic I have chosen for my final paper is about the Irish Civil War, which occurred during the … More
