Halloran James Joyce - Developing Irish Identity

A Study of the Development of Postcolonial Irish Identity in the Novels of James Joyce
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-8382-5571-2
Verlag: ibidem
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 12, 164 Seiten, E-Book, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

Reihe: Studies in English Literatures

James Joyce: Developing Irish Identity follows the increasing focus on Irish identity in Joyce’s major works of prose. This study traces the development of the idea of Ireland, the concept of “Irishness,” the formation of a national identity and the need to deconstruct a nationalistic self-conception of nation in Joyce’s work. Through close reading of Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stephen Hero and Ulysses, Joyce articulates the problems that colonialism poses to a nation-state that cannot create its identity autonomously. Furthermore, this reading uncovers Joyce’s conception of national identity as increasingly sophisticated and complicated after Irish independence was won. From here, Halloran argues that Joyce presents his readers with ideas and suggestions for the future of Ireland.
As Irish studies become increasingly imbricated with postcolonial discourse, the need for re-examination of classic texts becomes necessary. James Joyce: Developing Irish Identity provides a new approach for understanding the dramatic development of Joyce’s oeurve by providing a textual analysis guided by postcolonial theory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halloran, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Irische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. Postcolonial Status
2. The Articulation of Colonial Irish Identity in Dubliners: Homogeneity as Productive of Fantasy and Materialism instead of Idealism
3. The Evolution of Stephen Dedalus and Irish Identity: The Allegory of Personal and National Liberation in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Stephen Hero
4. An Alternative Definition of Irish Identity: Stephen, History and Bloom's Inclusive Irishness
Conclusion
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas F. Halloran was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Educated at Wheaton College in Massachuesetts and Mary Immaculate College at the University of Limerick in Ireland, Halloran is currently a PhD candidate at Louisiana State University. His research interests concern the history and development of postcolonial theory, as well as American expatriate writing from postcolonial nations. Halloran’s work has previously appeared in publications such as New Voices in Irish Criticism, Antenea, and In-Between.