BA in English from UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) and MA in Irish Studies (University of Liverpool). Currently teaching at ITESM, Mexico City.
Irish popular music has always been linked to the field of literature. Pop and rock songs are rip... more Irish popular music has always been linked to the field of literature. Pop and rock songs are ripe with references or even direct quotes from Ireland’s most famous writers. However, this tradition finds an exception in Ireland’s most popular rock band, U2. Though considered a band in the Anglo-American tradition, even more linked to America, U2 is a band that was rooted in Dublin. Certain social and cultural conditions provided U2 inspiration for their songs, just as Joyce’s Dublin shaped his work for Dubliners. How both Joyce and U2 present images of the Dublin that shaped their works will be the main focus of this dissertation.
La ausencia es un tema que ha sido tratado en la literatura irlandesa, un tema ligado a la búsque... more La ausencia es un tema que ha sido tratado en la literatura irlandesa, un tema ligado a la búsqueda de una identidad y una tradición en un país dividido.
Irish popular music has always been linked to the field of literature. Pop and rock songs are rip... more Irish popular music has always been linked to the field of literature. Pop and rock songs are ripe with references or even direct quotes from Ireland’s most famous writers. However, this tradition finds an exception in Ireland’s most popular rock band, U2. Though considered a band in the Anglo-American tradition, even more linked to America, U2 is a band that was rooted in Dublin. Certain social and cultural conditions provided U2 inspiration for their songs, just as Joyce’s Dublin shaped his work for Dubliners. How both Joyce and U2 present images of the Dublin that shaped their works will be the main focus of this dissertation.
La ausencia es un tema que ha sido tratado en la literatura irlandesa, un tema ligado a la búsque... more La ausencia es un tema que ha sido tratado en la literatura irlandesa, un tema ligado a la búsqueda de una identidad y una tradición en un país dividido.
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