Project description
Understanding utopianism’s influence on Irish modernist literature
Early 20th-century Ireland witnessed pivotal events: the Irish Rising (1916), the War of Independence (1919-1921), the establishment of the Irish Free State (1922), and the creation of Northern Ireland (1921). Utopianism played a key role in these developments. The EU-funded UT-MOLI project will explore utopianism in Irish modernist literature during this period. It will examine how literature from the 1920s and 1930s engages with utopian visions amid social and political upheaval. By analysing works by James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Elizabeth Bowen, and Kate O’Brien, the project will reveal how utopianism intersects with themes such as national identity, colonialism, and feminist and queer thought, highlighting its significant, yet often overlooked influence on Irish modernism.
Objective
The project Utopias in Times of Crisis: Irish Modernist Literature in the 1920s and 1930s (UT-MOLI) explores the role of utopianism in Irish modernist literature amidst a period of social, political, and cultural upheaval. Utopianism—the pursuit of an ideal society beyond the constraints of present reality—has gained renewed significance in contemporary discourse, becoming a necessary political and social stance in the twenty-first century, a time of multiple global crises. The early twentieth century in Ireland, marked by the Irish Rising (1916), the War of Independence (1919-1921), the establishment of the Irish Free State (1922), the creation of Northern Ireland (1921), and the eventual abolition of British rule, was a period of great changes. This project investigates how Irish modernist literature of the 1920s and 1930s, a key phase of national and literary redefinition, engages with utopian visions in a time of profound crisis. By examining works by James Joyce, William Butler Yeats, Elizabeth Bowen, and Kate O’Brien, UT-MOLI will analyze how utopianism intersects with themes such as national identity, colonialism, the human-non-human relationship, and feminist/queer thought. By focusing on these intersections, UT-MOLI studies the significant but understudied role utopianism played in shaping Irish modernism, while contributing to broader debates in both utopian and modernist studies.
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HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence
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4099-002 Porto
Portugal
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