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  • Chapter 1 - The Contemporary Conditions of Irish Language Literature

  • from Part I - Times
  • Edited by Eric Falci, University of California, Berkeley, Paige Reynolds, College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts
  • Book:
    Irish Literature in Transition: 1980–2020
    Published online:
    28 February 2020
    Print publication:
    12 March 2020, pp 27-43

  • 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.