How arbitrary one's identity: the construction of cultural identity in contemporary Welsh poetry in English

Meriel Owen Griffiths

Research output: ThesisDoctoral Thesis

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Abstract

[Truncated abstract] This study examines representations of cultural identity in contemporary English language poetry from Wales, through four interconnecting themes: language, place, the past, and nation. These have been strong themes historically and have evolved into particularly complex ideas in contemporary Welsh poetry in English. The traditional binary divisions of Welsh/English, centre/margins/, urban/rural, coloniser/colonised, belonging/exile, inclusion/exclusion, found in earlier Welsh poetry in English have given way to an investigation of the intersections and interstitial spaces of these apparent oppositions. Recent poetry from Wales re-examines traditional concepts of Wales and Welsh identity and explores the interaction between individual and collective identity, and also between regional, national and international identities.
Original languageEnglish
QualificationDoctor of Philosophy
Publication statusUnpublished - 2010

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