Date of Award
2015
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
English Language, Literature, and Creative Writing
Keywords
Cuchulain, Dubliners, Intertextuality, James Joyce, Mythology, The Dead
Supervisor
Dilworth, Thomas
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
Irish archetypes change the function of intertextuality in the "The Dead," by mythologizing and de-anglicizing British intertextual allusions in the story, and suggest a new understanding of Joyce's perception of cultural tensions in Ireland. Knowledge of these archetypes is a prerequisite to fully understanding this tension. Many critics fail to notice Joyce's allusions because they are not reading the story within its defining context--which is the Irish Literary Revival. Celtic folklore helps convey his political outlook and his parody of literary activities in Ireland at the time of his writing. The story is essentially a parody with multiple levels of meaning in which the realistic and mythological levels do not cohere, and yet, paradoxically, it achieves an ironic thematic unity.
Recommended Citation
LaBine, Joseph, "Two Instances of "Crow": A Cultural Study of Irish Mythology and Intertextuality in "The Dead"" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5278.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5278