In this Mock Viva Phd student Barry Ryan will be defending his work: “The Curve of an Emotion”: A Study of Change in the Portrayal of Children and Childhood in the Literature of James Joyce". The seminar is arranged by the English research seminar and the research area Languages, literature and Culture. All interested are welcome!
Barry Ryan will be defending his work on James Joyce, understood by literary scholars and Irish historians to be one of the great recorders of Irish childhood. However, no extended studies exist that engage with childhood in Joyce. The aim of Barry's thesis is to explore the depiction of children and childhood in Joyce and to discuss the relevance of changes in Joyce's portrayal of children and childhood.
Opponent:
Irene Gilsenan Nordin, Dalarna University
Examining committee:
Marius Hentea, University of Gothenburg
Chloe Avril, University of Gothenburg
Chairman:
Zlatan Filipovic, University of Gothenburg