Search for dissertations about: "Irish Catholic childhoods"

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2. 1. The Curve of an Emotion: A Study of Change in the Portrayal of Children and Childhood in the Literature of James Joyce

   Author : Barry Ryan; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Irish Catholic childhoods; alienation; distorted adult perceptions; sexual boundary; nostalgia; misopaedia; nexus; historicization; reciprocation;

   Abstract : Literary theorists and social historians consider fictional texts to be important for the study of children and childhood. James Joyce’s fiction is considered important for understanding Irish childhoods, and Joyce’s portrayal of childhood is often deemed unchanging within the major themes until the distinction between adults and children breaks down in Finnegans Wake. READ MORE