This book addresses Irish identity in Irish literature, especially masculinity in some of its forms through an interdisciplinary methodology. The study of language performance through literary analysis and corpus studies will enable readers to approach literary texts from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives, to take advantage of the texts’ full potential as well as examining these same texts through the perspective of gender identity. This will be carried out through a specialised corpus composed of 18 novels written by twentieth- and twenty-first-century male Irish authors. Thus, the language and behaviour patterns of contemporary Irish masculinity can be found as part of these male characters’ performance of identity.
This book is primarily aimed at undergraduate and graduate students who wish to introduce themselves in the study of gender and identity in an Irish context as well as researchers looking for interdisciplinary methodologies of study. What is more, it can present researchers with varied options of analysis that corpus studies have not yet touched upon so thoroughly such as masculinity and Irish literature. As a monograph meant to show analysts new fields of study in Irish literature, this book will sell to academic libraries and can be used in MA courses.
By:
Cassandra S. Tully de Lope
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 1.100kg
ISBN: 9781032393193
ISBN 10: 103239319X
Series: Routledge Studies in Irish Literature
Pages: 172
Publication Date: 25 March 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Irish identity, language, and masculinity Chapter 3. Interdisciplinary methodologies for literary studies Chapter 4. The Corpus of Male Irish Writers Chapter 5. Introduction to corpus analysis and initial results Chapter 6. Male Vocatives and Male Hierarchy Chapter 7. Adverbs and Verbs of Speech to imply domination Chapter 8. Body Language, hypermasculinity, and other models of masculinity Chapter 9. Conclusion
Cassandra S. Tully de Lope is currently researching while working as a civil servant teaching in an Educational Centre for Adults in Extremadura (Spain). Formerly, she worked as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Extremadura where she received her PhD with cum laude distinction in Contemporary Irish Literature and Masculinity in 2022.
