• Submerged stories: the evolution of William Faulkner's snopes trilogy 

  O'Callaghan, Eoin Martin (University College Cork, 2019)

  While few twentieth-century writers have attracted as much critical attention as William Faulkner, there remain aspects of his work that have been neglected: his ‘Snopes’ stories of the 1920s and 1930s, and his Snopes ...
• John McGahern and modernity: reshaping the Irish literary landscape 

  Wu, Yen-Chi (University College Cork, 2019)

  This study examines John McGahern’s career trajectory in relation to the changing Irish historical context and literary landscape in the latter half of the twentieth century. Drawing on scholarship of new modernist studies, ...
• Travel, pilgrimage and the family: displacement, obligation and crises of kinship in Middle English narrative 

  Mulcahy, Edel (University College Cork, 2017)

  This thesis aims to provide unique perspectives on responses to medieval pilgrimage by examining the largely ignored interactions between pilgrimage and the family in Middle English narratives. Ranging from the period ...
• Humour in vernacular hagiography from the tenth to the thirteenth century in England 

  Kehoe Rouchy, Niamh Bridget (University College Cork, 2018)

  This thesis is the first sustained study of the execution and purpose of literary humour in vernacular saints’ lives circulating from the late tenth to the late thirteenth century in England. Although humour has often been ...
• Translating the past: an analysis of Beowulf's reception history through the figures of Grendel and Grendel's mother 

  Killilea, Alison Elizabeth (University College Cork, 2018)

  Since the nineteenth century, Beowulf has received sustained critical attention in the form of scholarship, translation, and adaptation. The figures of Grendel and Grendel’s mother have been presented to us in various forms ...

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