From Motley To Green: The Influence Of Yeats And Joyce On Irish National Identity

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Halle Carter (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
James Ivory

Abstract: This essay takes a historical approach on the works of William Butler Yeats and James Joyce. By exploring the history of Ireland, including the 1798 Rebellion in comparison to the Easter 1916 Rising, the literature takes on new meaning as a force for social change. Whereas Yeats focuses on the history of Ireland as a precedent for the future, Joyce seeks to bring Ireland into the modern era by rejecting the institutions and norms that have kept Ireland from evolving. These approaches to the past, as conflicting as they may be, incorporate Irish history into literature, thus creating a collective identity based on a shared history and interaction between the past and present.

Additional Information

Publication
Honors Project
Carter, H. (2018). "From Motley To Green: The Influence Of Yeats And Joyce On Irish National Identity." Unpublished Honors Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 2018
Keywords
Irish literature, Irish studies, nationalism, Yeats, Joyce

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