Date of Award

2005

Degree Name

Humanities

College

College of Liberal Arts

Type of Degree

M.A.

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Joyce East

Second Advisor

Barbara Ladner

Third Advisor

Timothy Alderman

Fourth Advisor

Fran Simone

Abstract

This thesis explores four films from "second wave" directors Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan: The Crying Game, The Butcher Boy, The Field, and The Boxer. In these films, Sheridan and Jordan add complexity to previously static film representations of Irish society and culture. The study analyzes the modifications Sheridan and Jordan make to the cultural and political representations of the "first wave" of Irish films, relating theoretical developments more traditionally used in literary studies, including "postcolonialism" and "postmodernism." It also explores how these four films have influenced more recent developments in Irish cinema, including the recent shifting of the settings for "Irish" films to more international settings exemplified by Sheridan’s recent film, the Oscar-nominated In America.

Subject(s)

Irish in motion pictures.

Sheridan, Jim, 1949-

Jordan, Neil, 1951-

Boxer (Motion picture)

Crying game (Motion picture)

Butcher Boy (Motion picture)

Field (Motion picture)

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