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As You Are Now : Post-Dramatic Theatre in Ireland (2009 – 2014)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of English, 2016)In recent years, post-dramatic theatre in Ireland has transitioned from a fringe practice to a consistent feature of annual venue programmes and curated festivals. This thesis investigates the emergence of this theatrical ... -
Persian Shakespeares: Between the global, the local and the exilic
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2018)This thesis explores the adaptation of Shakespeare?s plays in the Persian-speaking contexts of Iran and Afghanistan. The cultural, linguistic, political, and socio-economic conditions of the Persian-speaking regions of ... -
Why is your brand crisis? : challenging the representation of masculinity in the work of Richard Yates, Richard Ford, and Jonathan Franzen
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of English, 2016)Through an analysis of American fiction, with a special focus on the writing of Richard Yates, Richard Ford, and Jonathan Franzen, this thesis argues that American men have always struggled with what it means to be an ... -
"Beyond the Veil": The Antarctic Gothic Fictions of Poe, Verne, Leahy, Lovecraft, and Campbell
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2018)The Antarctic has frequently been a location for Gothic narratives. Ever since Captain Cook declared that it was better for mankind not to know anything about the mysterious land which lay on the other side of the frozen ... -
Darby O'Gill and the construction of Irish identity
(Trinity College Dublin. School of English. Discipline of English, 2018)This thesis investigates the role of the term ?Darby O?Gill? in the modern Irish consciousness as a signifier of a pejorative construction of Irish identity and the extent to which it is justified when all cultural ...
