After the Celtic Tiger years, Irish society seems to have transitioned into a much more
welcoming environment for the production of literature, and in general, for the arts. The …

This chapter draws on care ethics and vulnerability theory to explore Sally Rooney's
Conversations with Friends (2017) and Normal People (2018) as novels that delve into …

ABSTRACT Sally Rooney's Normal People (2018) examines gender normality in a Post-
Celtic Tiger Irish social context and a post-feminist cultural milieu, through detailed …

Repetitive language style in romance literary works is not only used to create aesthetic
effects, but also creates emotional and intellectual resonance that enriches the reading …

Research has shown that neoliberalism alters the balance of power in favour of market
forces and produces mental distress in young people. Given that media narratives and …

Exploring twentieth-and twenty-first century texts that wrestle with the Irish domestic interior
as a sexualized and commodified space, this book provides readings of the power and …

Where Are You?(2021), which dwell around the intricacies of personal relationships among
young men and women in contemporary Ireland, have received much acclaim. This article …

This research aims to explore the paratexts of the translated Sally Rooney's novels,
Conversations with Friends and Normal People, in order to understand how the Irish …

In what follows, primarily in relation to Conversations with Friends, I explore various
prominent, overlapping components of Sally Rooney's aesthetic that suggest an ethical …

This undergraduate thesis examines the relationship between contemporary social
circumstances and fiction novels. Generational novels are focused on cohorts or individuals …