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T1 The Mermaid as a Mask for Harsh Realities in Irish Literature
A1 Martín Montes, Andrea
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Fantasy
K1 Fiction
K1 Reality
K1 Mermaid
K1 Ireland
K1 Fantasía
K1 Ficción
K1 Realidad
K1 Sirena
K1 Irlanda
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This B. A. Thesis aims to explore a significant purpose of the genre: to represent harsh realities that may be challenging to address in a realistic style due to their controversial nature. Specifically, this paper will examine three Irish literary works which include the figure of a mermaid as one of their characters. These literary texts are Rosa Mulholland’s “The Girl from under the Lake”, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne’s “The Mermaid Legend”, and Jan Carson’s The Fire Starters. Through a formal and contextual analysis of these stories, it will be illustrated how each author’s use of the mermaid has allowed them to engage with complex social situations that were occurring in Ireland in the period that each author lived through. This study will reflect how fiction is able to subtly portray reality without addressing it in a crude manner.
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79298
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/79298
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-dic-2025