NEW VOICES IN IRISH CRITICISM
Hosted by
Department of English,
University College, Cork
7th -9th FEBRUARY, 2003
CALL FOR PAPERS
Irish:
A. adj.
1.Of persons: Of, belonging to, or native to Ireland; orig. and
esp. used of the Celtic inhabitants.
b. Belonging to the Scottish Highlands or the Gaelic
inhabitants of them Obs.
2. Of things: of or pertaining to Ireland and its inhabitants
(freq. denoting a particular variety or quality of the thing named).
3. The distinguishing epithet of the language of the Celtic
inhabitants of Ireland. Hence applied to words, idioms etc. belonging to
that language and to anything composed or written in it.
4. Irish in character or nature; having what are considered
Irish characteristics spec. Used of seemingly contradictory statements.
B Elliptical uses of the adj.
1.a. as p. The inhabitants of Ireland, or their immediate
descendants in other countries, esp. those of Celtic race. Wild Irish, the
less civilised Irish; formerly, those not subject to English rule, also
called mere Irish (puri Hibernici).
2 c. English as spoken by natives of Ireland, affected in
varying degrees by the sounds and vocabulary of the Celtic language, and
partly retaining older features of the English pronunciation.
5 Temper; passion. Orig U.S. and dial
Irishism An Irish peculiarity, esp. of expression; a
Hibernicism; an Irish bull.
Irishize v. trans. To make Irish or Irish-like; to
communicate an Irish character to. Hence Irishized ppl. a.
We invite papers from literary studies and all cognate disciplines. The
purpose of this conference is to bring together PhD students working in the
field of Irish Studies and related disciplines. As this conference has grown
'Irish' has become a crucial critical term, one that has undergone and is
still undergoing significant revision. We hope the above OED definitions
will offer some broad outlines as to the past and present meanings of the
adjective Irish and invite our contributors to explore, expand and
interrogate these boundaries.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is the 29th November 2002 and
should be 100 to 150 words in length. Papers should be 20 minutes in length
and will be incorporated into a panel format. The conference is free.
Registration forms are available on our website
http://www.ucc.ie/english/newvoices.html
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