<strong>Representations of Irishness in contemporary Australian fiction</strong> - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v30i1.4056
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Australian fiction, Irishness, post-colonial literature
Abstract
Australian history generates great fervour in intellectual and political circles in present-day Australia, and Ireland’s contribution to the making of the continent is a hotly debated issue. This essay deals with Irishness in contemporary Australian fiction with a 19th century setting. The representations I will be exploring concern the Convict, the Bush-ranger, and the Catholic. I have put these three figures in ascending order, according to the degree of Irishness that they tend to carry with them in contemporary Australian fiction. If we are dealing with a convict; then the character may or may not be Irish; if a bush-ranger, then he is more likely than not to be Irish; if the character is Catholic, then he is certainly Irish.Downloads
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2008-07-09
How to Cite
Barthet, S. B. (2008). <strong>Representations of Irishness in contemporary Australian fiction</strong> - DOI: 10.4025/actascilangcult.v30i1.4056. Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 30(1), 45-51. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v30i1.4056
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