Essays about: "Irish Literature"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Irish Literature.

  1. 11. The Sea as a Setting and a Symbol in Contemporary Irish and British Fiction: Dermot Bolger’s Temptation (2000), John Banville’s The Sea (2005), Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach (2007)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Elena Rein; [2014]
    Keywords : Sea fiction; function; narrative; setting; symbol; personifications; binary oppositions; modernism; Romanticism; sea adventure.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the function of the sea in contemporary British and Irish literature, focusing on the following three novels: Dermot Bolger’s Temptation (2000), John Banville’s The Sea (2005), and Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach (2007). The analysis is divided into two main parts, where the sea is considered in its roles as a setting and as a symbol. READ MORE

  3. 12. Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Robert Farren; [2014]
    Keywords : Irish; Middle Irish; Old Norse; loanwords; semantic domains; lexical borrowing; Vikings; prototypicality; radial networks; semantic change.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study questions the received wisdom that surviving Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish are fewer than 50 in number and are mostly shipping-related. The eventual goal is a complete survey of all Old Norse loanwords still “in common use in modern Irish” (Greene 1976: 80), since nothing of the sort has been found in the literature. READ MORE

  4. 13. Förtroende och belåtenhet i leverantörskedjan för nötkött : kvalitativa intervjuer med irländska nötköttsaktörer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Erika Järlesäter; [2013]
    Keywords : Leverantörskedja; förtroende; belåtenhet; nötkött; kvalitetskontroll; relationer;

    Abstract : Bakgrunden till denna uppsatts är att ett större projekt har inletts i samarbete mellan McDonalds Sverige, Sveriges nötköttsproducenter (SNP) och Lantbruksuniversitetet (SLU) i Alnarp. I projektet skall man undersöka hur det är möjligt att skapa en bättre och säkrare tillgång & lönsamhet genom hela kedjan för svenskt nötkött. READ MORE

  5. 14. The school in Sweden and Ireland, A comparative study of the school system in Sweden and Ireland; Skolan i Sverige och Irland, en studie som jämför skolsystemet i Sverige och Irland

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)

    Author : Felicia Holmstedt; [2011]
    Keywords : school curricula; syllabuses; teacher leadership;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats innehåller fyra huvuddelar. Den första delen ämnar att presentera delar av det svenska och irländska skolsystemet med förklaringar av nivåer, ålder och nuvarande läroplan och kursplaner.Den andra delen visar resultat av en undersökning gjord av de styrande organen inom utbildningsområdet in varje land. READ MORE

  6. 15. Housing Investment's Role in forecasting the Business Cycle and the Employment Cycle

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Byron Fry; [2009]
    Keywords : employment; Business; Housing; cycle; Ireland; property; Irish; prices; volume.; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper’s aim is to analyse the Irish housing cycle using filtering and regression models developed by Leamer. The paper finds that residential investment and the construction sectors have been key contributors to economic growth, and can be used in predicting the business and employment cycle. READ MORE