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Abstract
Contents
1．Introduction
1．1 Authors and works under discussion
1．2 Literature review
1．3 Methodology and contents of the dissertation
2．Brian Moore’s Lies of Silence：Irish Identity Crisis and Its Redefinition
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Division among the Irish
2．2．1 Due to religious disputes
2．2．2 Due to political disputes
2．3 Detrimental effect and futility of radical opposition
2．4 Redefinition of Irish Identity through a national language
3．Reading in the Dark：Regaining Irishness through Language
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Loss of Irishness due to political and religious colonization
3．3 Irish oppositional efforts and their futility
3．4 Regaining Irishness through language
4 At Swim,Two Boys：Demystification of Martyrdom and Advocate of Cultural Nationalism
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Exhibition of Irish national martyrdom
4．3 Demystification of national martyrdom
4．4 Cultural nationalism as an alternative path
5．Conclusion and Recommendation
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