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- Irish Literature in Transition, 1980–2020
- Irish Literature in Transition
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1980–2020
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- General Acknowledgements
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Times
- Chapter 1 The Contemporary Conditions of Irish Language Literature
- Chapter 2 The Cultures of Poetry in Contemporary Ireland
- Chapter 3 Troubles Literature and the End of the Troubles
- Chapter 4 Contemporary Irish Theatre and Media
- Chapter 5 Writing Childhood: Young Adult and Children’s Literature
- Coda: Eavan Boland and Seamus Heaney
- Part II Spaces
- Part III Forms of Experience
- Part IV Practices, Institutions, and Audiences
- Index
Chapter 1 - The Contemporary Conditions of Irish Language Literature
from Part I - Times
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1980–2020
- Irish Literature in Transition
- Irish Literature in Transition, 1980–2020
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Series Preface
- General Acknowledgements
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Times
- Chapter 1 The Contemporary Conditions of Irish Language Literature
- Chapter 2 The Cultures of Poetry in Contemporary Ireland
- Chapter 3 Troubles Literature and the End of the Troubles
- Chapter 4 Contemporary Irish Theatre and Media
- Chapter 5 Writing Childhood: Young Adult and Children’s Literature
- Coda: Eavan Boland and Seamus Heaney
- Part II Spaces
- Part III Forms of Experience
- Part IV Practices, Institutions, and Audiences
- Index
Summary
This chapter proposes to give a general survey of literature in Irish from 1980–2020. Rather than focus on individual genres, it will treat six dominant trends that can be identified in contemporary writing: (1) literature that draws on elements of the Gaelic oral tradition; (2) adaptations or work inspired by Early Irish literature; (3) literature produced in response to historical sources; (4) literary works whose subject matter was previously considered taboo; (5) the experimental strand; (6) the influence of international writers on contemporary writing in Irish. The various infrastructure supporting Irish language literature – criticism, publishers, awards, journals, organisations, schemes – will also be considered in order to survey the conditions in which this literature emerges.
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- Irish Literature in Transition: 1980–2020 , pp. 27 - 43Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020