Search for dissertations about: "irish"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the word irish.

  2. 1. Aided Derbforgaill "The violent death of Derbforgaill" : A critical edition with introduction, translation and textual notes

    Author : Kicki Ingridsdotter; Gregory Toner; Tomás Ó Cathasaigh; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Early Irish; Old Irish; Middle Irish; medieval Irish; aideda; death-tales; Derbforgaill; critical edition; manuscript; Tochmarc Emire; Serglige Con Culainn; medieval Irish literature; Celtic languages; Keltiska språk; Celtic Languages; keltiska språk;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains a critical edition of the early Irish tale Aided Derbforgaill “the violent death of Derbforgaill”. It includes an introduction discussing the main thematic components of the tale as well as intertextuality, transmission and manuscript relationship. READ MORE

  4. 2. Irish Scene and Sound : Identity, Authenticity and Transnationality among Young Musicians

    Author : Virva Basegmez; Helena Wulff; Gunnar Ternhag; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Contemporary Ireland; Irish music scene; young musicians; identity; authenticity; transnationality; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Ireland has long been famous for its rich traditional music. Yet the recent global success of Irish pop, rock and traditional music has transformed the Irish music scene into a world centre attracting musicians, tourists, fans and the music industry from both Ireland and abroad. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Autonomous and the Passive Progressive in 20th-Century Irish

    Author : Karin Hansson; Ailbhe Ó Corráin; Seosamh Watson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Celtic languages; autonomous; agent; corpus linguistics; impersonal; discourse function; Irish; passive; passive progressive; patient; topicality; Keltiska språk; Celtic languages; Keltiska språk; Celtic Languages; keltiska språk;

    Abstract : The present study deals with the use of two Irish verb constructions, the autonomous (e.g. cuireadh litreacha chun bealaigh, ‘letters were dispatched’) and the passive progressive (e.g. READ MORE

  6. 4. Protestant Women Novelists and Irish Society 1879-1922

    Author : Lisbet Kickham; Engelska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; literature criticism; English language and literature; General and comparative literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    Abstract : This thesis reviews a great number of novels by Anglo-Irish women novelists that - with few exceptions - have attracted little attention from contemporary and modern literary critics. My main focus is on the literature and its society. READ MORE

  7. 5. National Theatre and the 20th Century Irish Dream Play

    Author : Gunnar Fridén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ireland; national theatre; nationalism; drama; performance; modernism; dream plays; expressionism; The Abbey Theatre; The Dublin Gate Theatre; W.B.Yeats; Hilton Edwards; Michéal Mac Liammóir; Sean O´Casey; Denis Johnston; Brian Friel; Tom Murphy; Frank McGuinness;

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