Current Research
Redefinitions of Irish Identity in the Twenty-First Century: A Postnationalist Approach
Dr Irene Gilsenan-Nordin and Dr Carmen Zamorano Llena
The aim of this book project is to present a multifaceted view of contemporary redefinitions of Irish identity in the current postnationalist context. In the last few years, the issue of postnationalism has encouraged an intense debate as reflected in the publication of numerous specialised books and articles in various fields of study, including politics, history, philosophy, and anthropology. However, the work produced in the field of Irish literary criticism has been much sparser. This collection of works, consisting of seventeen articles by international scholars, aims to fill this gap and provide a new insight into the debate on postnationalism in Ireland from the perspective of narrative writing.
Poetry and Literacy in Education: Promoting Critical Literacy in the Classroom
Dr Irene Gilsenan-Nordin, Dr Åsa Wedin, Swedish Department, Högskolan Dalarna, and Mats Tegmark, English Department, Högskolan Dalarna
This project explores the role of poetry in education, with special emphasis on the didactic and mnemonic potential of verse, making a comparative study between pedagogical practices in Ireland and Sweden. In light of critical theories of literacy, where focus is given to cultural and ideological assumptions that underwrite texts, the study will focus on a comparative study of the teaching of poetry between Ireland and Sweden in relation to issues such as gender, national and cultural identity and ethnicity.
Poetry and Nature: The Landscape of the Land and the Landscape of the Mind in Contemporary Irish Poetry
Dr Irene Gilsenan-Nordin
This project takes an eco-critical approach and explores the idea of poetry as taking the “mysterious measure” of the relationship between man and the world around him, in the work of a number of contemporary Irish poets. For each of the poets chosen in the study, the marking out of the landscape has a very special significance, closely associated with the act of writing itself. In this way various “markings” in the physical landscape are echoed in the landscape of the mind of the poet, causing a profound sense of interaction between mindscape and landscape.
Previous Research
Published research by DUCIS staff can be found in Högskolan Dalarna's publication database DiVA.
