Gerald MacNamara and the Northern Revival

• Thesis title in Czech: Gerald MacNamara a kulturní obrození v Severním Irsku
• Thesis title in English: Gerald MacNamara and the Northern Revival
• Key words: Gerald MacNamara, Irske kulturni obrozeni, Severni Irsko, Irske drama, Severo-Irske drama, Satira
• English key words: Gerald MacNamara, Irish Literary Revival, Northern Ireland, Irish Drama, Northern Irish Drama, Satire,
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2010/2011
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK)
• Supervisor: prof. Mgr. Ondřej Pilný, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 30.11.2010
• Date of assignment: 30.11.2010
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Date and time of defence: 30.05.2011 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 08.05.2011
• Date of proceeded defence: 30.05.2011
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: doc. Clare Wallace, M.A., Ph.D.

Guidelines

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements...................................................................................................3
Abstract......................................................................................................................4
Introduction...............................................................................................................6
Chapter 1: Revival: South and North?.....................................................................10
Chapter 2: Gerald MacNamara and the Ulster Literary Theatre.............................40
Chapter 3: Suzanne and the Sovereigns...................................................................48

Chapter 4: Thompson in Tir-na-nOg.......................................................................67

Chapter 5: The End of Revival in the North and Post-Partition..............................88
Chapter 6: “Stage Directions for a Play Called William John Jamieson, Now Being Written by Gerald MacNamara, Author of Thompson in Tir-na nOg.”..................99

Chapter 7: No Surrender!.....................................................................................110

Conclusion.............................................................................................................141
Bibliography..........................................................................................................147

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