Naslov
From Edna O’Brien’s 'The Country Girls Trilogy' to Emer Martinʼs Novels: Female Subversion or Why Irish Heroines 'don’t have to be good anymore'

Autori
Atelj, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, diplomski rad, diplomski

Fakultet
Odjel za anglistiku

Mjesto
Zadar

Datum
13.03

Godina
2019

Stranica
43

Mentor
Ukić Košta, Vesna

Ključne riječi
Edna O’Brien, Emer Martin, subversiveness, Irish tradition, female identity

Sažetak
This diploma paper sets out to explore 'The Country Girls Trilogy' by Edna O'Brien and Emer Martin’s two novels, 'More Bread or I'll Appear' and 'Breakfast in Babylon'. The paper analyses subversiveness and shamelessness of female characters and ways in which they question and defy numerous aspects of Irish tradition. The analysis demonstrates that female protagonists, both in the early sixties and at the end of the 20th century, try to break free from restrictive and rigid Irish laws that defined female identity, and that Irish heroines 'don’t have to be good anymore.' The paper shows how Edna O’Brien’s early novels managed to give voice to subjected Irish women and thus set the path for Emer Martin’s defiant and astringent female protagonists.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Povijest, Književnost, Rodni studiji

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