Tradition and Modernity
New Essays in Irish Studies
published in September 2014
Tradition and Modernity. New Essays in Irish Studies. Eds Radvan Markus, Hana Pavelková, Einat Adar and Michaela Marková. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. 128 pp. ISBN 9788073085179.
Inspired by the Third International Graduate Students’ Conference hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies at Charles University in Prague, this volume explores the dynamics of tradition and modernity, past and present, in the field of Irish studies. The wide variety of subjects covered, ranging from medieval Irish writing to contemporary plays on Northern Ireland, testifies to the exceptional abilities and broad outlook of the young scholars who address these in their essays. Although each focuses on a different aspect of the vast overarching theme, they all demonstrate that tradition does not necessarily have to be perceived as restrictive but in fact is often a powerful innovative force. The inclusion of two essays in Irish along with those in English recognises the need of a healthy degree of bilingualism in the field of Irish studies.
Tradition and Modernity will be of particular interest to those concerned with the works of Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Patrick Pearse, Emma Donoghue, Owen McCafferty, Frank McGuinness, Charles Plummer or Whitley Stokes.
CONTENTS
David Vichnar
Coincidental Opposites: A Portrait of Samuel Beckett as a Young Joyce
Galina Kiryushina
Saying Seen Again: A Cinematographic Reading of Samuel Beckett’s Worstward Ho
Einat Adar
Or Percipere: How Berkeleyan Is Samuel Beckett’s Film?
David McKinney
“A Room in Beckett’s House”: Molloy and Emma Donoghue’s Room
Hana Pavelková
Tradition and/or Modernity? Owen McCafferty’s Quietly and Frank McGuinness’s The Match Box
Maciej Ruczaj
“The Necessary Synthesis”: Dialectics of Tradition and Modernity in Patrick Pearse’s Writings
Ken Ó Donnchú
Plummer, Stokes agus Comthóth Lóegairi co Cretim 7 a Aided
Hynek Janoušek
“Ci ddú dún …?” – Dlús, Forbairt agus Fóintiúlacht an Téasc in Aided Chonchobuir
Available from the Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures office upon request.
Previous collections of essays may be downloaded free of charge: The Politics of Irish Writing (2010), Boundary Crossings (2012).
