Mary Immaculate Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Being 'Good' fans in 'Bad Times':Irish fans of the US television drama The West Wing and the reflexive negotiation of personal and collective identity at a time of political and social crisis
(2016-01-09)Much contemporary theory posits a relationship between the consumption of cultural and media artefacts and the construction and negotiation of individual and collective identities. An additional debate concerns whether ... -
"Prison-paradise"?: das internat als entwick-lungsraum in deutschsprachigen romanen nach 1968
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)The PhD thesis at hand is entitled “Prison-Paradise? The boarding school as space for individuation in German-language novels after 1968”. It is about the literary depiction of disciplinary institutions and their speci-fic ... -
The presence of Christ in the Eucharist: a strange neglect of the Resurrection?
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)Eminent theologians, Gerald O’Collins, Anthony J. Kelly and Luis M. Bermejo claim that a strange neglect of Jesus’ resurrection persists in contemporary theologies of the Eucharist. All three suggest that this deficiency ... -
Iniúchadh ar ghnéithe den fhantaisíocht i ngearrscéalta Mhichíl Uí Chonghaile
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015-11-06)Is í bunaidhm an tsaothair seo ná iniúchadh a dhéanamh ar ghnéithe den fhantaisíocht i ngearrscéalta Mhichíl Uí Chonghaile, An Fear a Phléasc (1997), An Fear Nach nDéanann Gáire (2003) agus an cnuasach nua-fhoilsithe ... -
'Against the rest': fanzines and alternative music cultures in Ireland
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)This thesis investigates the role of fanzines in developing music communities in Ireland. It explores these fan-produced texts from the emergence of the first Irish punk fanzines in 1977 to the present, questioning their ... -
Dantean returns in the works of Thomas Stearns Eliot, Eugenio Montale, and Seamus Heaney
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)This project analyzes Dante’s influence on the poetry of Thomas Stearns Eliot, Eugenio Montale, and Seamus Heaney. A comparative reading of the poetry and criticism of the four authors will display that Dante’s presence ... -
Resurrection: the return of the Gothic home in contemporary Irish art (1990-2015)
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)This thesis investigates the resurrection of the Gothic home as a powerful symbol in contemporary Irish fine art practice from 1990 to 2015, figuring large in the work of important Irish artists Aideen Barry, Alice Maher, ... -
Seeking transcendence: death, rebirth and transformation in the poetry of Renée Vivien (1877-1909)
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)Renée Vivien, born Pauline Mary Tarn in England in 1877, moved to Paris at the age of twenty-one, where she pursued a literary career. Between 1901 and 1909, when she died at the age of thirty-two, Vivien published over ... -
Endeavouring to teach mathematical problem solving from a constructivist perspective: the experiences of primary teachers
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2009)The Irish primary mathematics curriculum is based upon a constructivist philosophy of learning. As constructivism is a theory of learning and not teaching, it requires teachers to identify the implications for teaching. ... -
"Just say something and we can all argue then": community and identity in the workplace talk of English language teachers
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2009)This thesis addresses the professional talk of English language teachers. In doing so, it differs from the vast majority of the previous research by focussing on naturally occurring professional interaction outside the ... -
The specificity of Christian theosony: towards a theology of listening
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2003)The burden of this thesis is to show that of all the existential prevenient sites where nature prepares for the event of revelation, the human ear is the most sensitive and theologically attuned. The foundation stone of ... -
The bishop’s role of pastoral governance: its interpretation and reception by the Magisterium since Vatican II
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)This thesis will assess the interpretation and reception of the bishop’s role of pastoral governance by the Magisterium since the Second Vatican Council (1962-65). Historically, this episcopal role had been increasingly ... -
An embedded case study of how knowledge, competences and skills are acquired through coaching, mentoring and training for leadership at an Adult Education Centre in Ireland
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2015)This study explores a proposed construct of leadership in the adult education sector. The construct is a fusion of sustainable, transformational and distributed leadership that is mediated by the Competing Values Framework ... -
The confluence of culture,conflict and commitment in selected modern Palestinian poetry 1948 to 1993: a postcolonial perspective
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2010)This thesis locates Palestinian poetry (in English translation) in the context of postcolonial literature, a perspective from which Arabic literature is not generally viewed. The valence of this perspective will be ... -
Apparent randomness and chaotic non-linearity: change over time in the essays of a cohort of philosophy undergraduates
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)For most degree programmes in third-level education, the primary form of assessment is by written work submitted by the student to an assessor, either through formal, time-limited examinations or take-home essays. This ... -
Aspects of pitch structure and pitch selection in post-war Irish composition: an analytical study of tonal and post-tonal referential collections in selected works by Irish composers
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2002)This dissertation examines aspects of pitch structure, processes of pitch selection and the treatment of referential collections in the works of selected post-war Irish composers. The first chapter reviews the literature ... -
A spirit of emulation: the transformation of sport in North Munster, 1850–1890.
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A quantitative and qualitative inquiry into the relationship between self-esteem and coping processes of university students
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2011)University life brings with it many stressful events, which place varying demands on students. During this time many students leave home for the first time, have a new found social life, a parttime job and also have to ... -
Naaman and the Centurion - 2 Kings 5 and Luke 7
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)The Gospel of Luke’s is indebted to the Elijah-Elisha material from 1 and 2 Kings. The centurion story of Luke 7:1-10 shares several similar details with the Naaman story of 2 Kings 5. A few scholars have recognized the ... -
A terror to evil doers: The NSPCC and industrial schools in Kilkenny 1927-1937
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2014)This thesis examines the role of the Kilkenny, Carlow and Queen’s County Branch of the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty in the committal of children to industrial schools during the period 1927- 1937. In addition, ...