M.A. English Theses

M.A. English (Children's Literature) theses currently held in the Library, organised alphabetically by author: Thesis abstracts can now be viewed by clicking on a thesis title. Abstracts are in pdf format and require Adobe Reader.

Author Title Year
Broderick, Eileen Rejection and Reconciliation: Recurring Themes in Katherine Paterson's Narrative. 2003
Browne, Anna The Surveyed Female: An Exploration of How Irish Female Characters Have Been Portrayed in Children's Fantasy. 2003
Burke, Margaret The Exploration of Irish National Identity in the Writings of Patricia Lynch. 2003
Byrne, Elaine Ann The Depiction of Families in the Work of Irish Author Siobhan Parkinson. 2007
Canney, Anne-Marie A Study of Religious Symbolism in the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. 2001
Carr, Mary 'Those Who Forget the Past are Condemned to Repeat it': American Philosopher George Snatayana (1863-1952). 2003
Carroll, Áine An Examination of the Influence of Cultural Nationalism on the Poetry Included in English Primary School Readers, 1922-1950. 2005
Clarke, Mary 'Spinning the World': Magic as Metaphor in the Young Adult Fiction of Margaret Mahy. 2005
Cleere, Fiona To Make the Unbelievable Believable: a Study of Characters, Origins and Style in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Stories 2003
Conlon, Louise A Literature For All Ages?: The Impact of the Crossover Phenomenon on Contemporary Young Adult Fiction. 2009
Connolly, Anne-Marie Exploring a Taint of the Past In Mary Arrigan's Picture Books, Science Fiction Books and Realistic Fiction. 2007
Crawford, Aine A Crisis of Identity: The Relationship Between Death and Identity in Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Adolescent and Juvenile Readers. 2009
Cronin, A. M. Must Boys be Boys? The Construction of Masculinity in the Fiction of Louis Sachar. 2007
Cronin, Margaret 'The Best Words in the Best Order'? A Study of the Intermediate Certificate English Curriculum Poetry Anthologies from 1940 to 1967. 2009
Donohoe, Mary Eion Colfer: From Wexford to the Artic Circle - A Cultural Journey. 2003
Duffy, Maria Popular But Dangerous: Stephanie Myer's 'Twilight' saga. 2009
Dullaghan, Diarmuid The Defiance of Authority's Many Guises in Victorian Public School Fiction. 1999
Edwards, June Girl Orphans and Their Male Guardians: An Exploration of British and American Children's Classics. 2001
Fanning, Kieran After The Rain, The Rainbow: Good, Evil and Christianity in Robert Cormier's Young Adult Fiction. 2001
Flynn, Mary The Talbot Press: An Investigation Into Children's Literature in Ireland and The Assessment of the Influence of the Literature on the Consciousness of Young Readers. 2003
Flynn, Melanie 'Versions of Them and Us': Ideologies of War and Childhood in the novels of Robert Westall and Elizabeth Laird. 2005
Galvin, Ger Imagining Rebellion: Ideology, Identity and the Construction of Conflict in Children's Fictions of The Troubles 1913-1921. 2009
Gannon, Anne The Return of the Sleeping Giant. Images Regained, Images Lost: Globalization and the Rise and Fall of English Language Picture Book Publishing in Ireland. 2007
Gormley, Emma The Relationship Between Name and Identity in Contemporary American Fiction for Young Adults. 2005
Halpin, Katherine A Critical Evaluation of English Text Books in Irish Primary Schools (1950-1979). 2005
Heffernan, Caroline Tom McCaughren, Children's Writer, Entertainer or Teacher? 2003
Herron, A.M. Kate Thompson, Realist, Fantasist, Beguiler.? 2007
Kirwan-Keane, Siobhán Out of the Shadow of the Long Fellow - Sinéad de Valera: Idealist, Activist, Dramatist. 2009
Langan, Emer The Lord of the Rings: Exploring Christianity in Middle Earth. 2003
Leydon, C. A Study of Place and Setting in the Work of Robert Cormier and Katherine Paterson. 2007
Lysaght, Breda Hans Christian Anderson and Oscar Wilde: A Case of Influence? 2007
Manson, Philomena children's Books in Ireland : Index. 2003
McGealy, Una Feminism in the Nancy Drew Mystery Series: The Evolution of a Role Model. 2005
Mcguinness, Patricia Didactic Landscapes: All Poetry is Didactic. 2005
McHale, Derval The Depiction of Boys in Contemporary Irish Fiction for Young Girls. 2001
McNally, Edel A View from the Prairie: Politics in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series. 2005
Meade, Geraldine An Analysis of Twentieth Century Retellings of Tales from Celtic Mythology. 1999
Meehan, Anu The founr loves in J. K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series. 2009
Ní Bhroin, C Imaging Ireland for Children: A Postcolonial Perspective of Irish Children's Literature. 2003
Nic Gabhann, Áine A World Remade: A Study of Adult-Child Dynamic in the Work of Frances Hodgson Burnett. 2003
Oakley, Jennifer Women in American adolescent fiction 1942-1994. 1999
O'Brien, Breege In Search of Self Across the Shannon: Depictions of the West of Ireland in Modern Irish Children's fiction. 2001
O'Connor, Paul Oisín McGann: Fantasist, Feminist, Realist. 2009
O'Dea, Lucy Betrayal and Punishment in the Plays of Billy Roach. 1999
O'Doherty, Patricia Life: A Long and Doggy Business: A Study of the Work of Anne Fine. 2001
O'Donoghue, N Once There Were Giants. 2007
O'Hanlon, Jane Gender and Fantasy: Revisioning the Heroic Gender Construct. 2003
O'Neill, D. Peter Pan Now and Then: A Matter of (Eternal) Life and Death? 2007
O'Sullivan, Mary Teresa Culture and Conflict: A Perspective on Native American Children's Literature. 1999
Phelan, Eileen Responding to Picture Books: Research and Analysis of Children's Response to Picture Books. 2003
Porter, Jennifer Who and What I Was : Perspectives of Family, Identity and Gender in the Young Adult Fiction of Meg Rosoff. 2009
Ryan, Natalie Anthony Browne: The Portrayal of Children's Relationships Through his Presentational Style. 1999
Saumande, Juliette 'The Way it Shows and Says': Stories and Storytelling in Kevin Crossley-Holland's 'Arthur' Trilogy. 2009
Sedgwick, Mary Stamped and Delivered: The Imprint of Colonialism on Australian Children's Literature. 2001
Shortall, Deirdre Garrett Social History Through Story: Childhood and Family Life in the Shadow of 'The Emergency'. 2009
Walsh, Sara Twisted Tales: Harmless Stories or Harmful Lies? (A Feminist Analysis of Some Well-Known Fairy Tales. 2003

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