Potential in Northern Irish Fiction : George A.Birmingham and Other Novelists

当我开始研究北方爱尔兰小说时，我关心的是北方爱尔兰小说家如何代表民族主义者和统一主义者之间的冲突，以及他们如何展示出摆脱冲突的方法。然而，当我继续研究北方爱尔兰小说时，我发现北方爱尔兰小说家正在写更广泛的主题，这些主题吸引了普遍的思想。例如，乔治A.伯明翰揭示了一个哲学真理，一个人不应该把每件事都想得那么严肃，幽默在每件事上都是必要的。他的信仰与世界上每一场人类冲突的解决方案都息息相关。伯明翰小说中的主人公表现出了“自我牺牲”的精神，这是伯明翰从他作为爱尔兰教会牧师的实践中学到的。伯明翰还出版了关于基督教的书籍，如《沙漠的智慧》（1904年）和《以赛亚书》（1937年）。我将探讨伯明翰的基督教伦理思想是如何在他的小说中表现出来的。在当代北方爱尔兰小说中，也有一个 关于我们 一些重要的作家，如伯纳德·麦克拉沃蒂和格伦·帕特森。在2003年的《第五号》和2004年的《曾经是什么》中，帕特森描绘了贝尔法斯特的各种面貌和关注，以及民族主义者和统一主义者之间的冲突，并努力为北方爱尔兰人提供一个新的身份。从这个意义上说，伯明翰和帕特森写的是类似的主题，这证明了迈克尔帕克的主张，一个人应该阅读伯明翰更好地欣赏帕特森。帕特森的下一部小说将是《第三方》（2007），描述了一个北方爱尔兰人在日本的“奥德赛”。2003年，我出版了一本书，《北方爱尔兰小说的潜力》：寻求和解与普遍性，在这篇文章中，我讨论了我过去15年来所研究的一些小说家。我目前的第一个目标是进一步研究伯明翰，以便出版一本关于伯明翰的小说。对他的小说进行批判性研究。我也想出版帕特森的一本日文翻译的小说。我的另一个研究项目是通过对英国著名小说家乔伊斯卡里和刘易斯等作家的探索，更清楚地了解北方爱尔兰小说的普遍性和潜力。少

When I started studying Northern Irish fiction, my concern was how Northern Irish novelists represented the conflict between Nationalists and Unionists and how they showed ways out of the conflict. As I continued to study Northern Irish fiction, however, I discovered that Northern Irish novelists are writing about broader subjects which appeal to universal minds. George A.Birmingham, for example, reveals a philosophical truth that one should not think of everything so seriously and humor is necessary in everything. His belief is relevant to solutions to every human conflict in the world. The heroes of Birmingham's novels show the spirit of "self-sacrifice", which Birmingham learnt from his practice as a Church of Ireland clergyman. Birmingham also published books on Christianity such as The Wisdom of the Desert (1904) and Isaiah (1937). I am going to explore how Birmingham's ideas of Christian ethics are represented in his novels.In contemporary Northern Irish fiction, too, there are a … More number of important writers such as Bernard MacLaverty and Glenn Patterson. In Number 5 (2003) and That Which Was (2004), Patterson depicts various appearances and concerns of Belfast as well as the conflict between Nationalists and Unionists and endeavors to present a new identity for the Northern Irish. In this sense Birmingham and Patterson are writing about similar subjects, which justify Michael Parker's claim that one should read Birmingham for a better appreciation of Patterson. Patterson's next novel will be The Third Party (2007) which describes a Northern Irish man's "odyssey" in Japan.In 2003, I published a book, Potential in Northern Irish Fiction : Quests for Reconciliation and Universality, in which I discussed some of the novelists whom I had studied for the past 15 years.My first aim at present is to make further research on Birmingham for a publication of a critical study of his fiction. I also would like to publish one of Patterson's novels in a Japanese translation. My another research project is to make clearer universality and potential of Northern Irish fiction through explorations of writers such as Joyce Cary and C.S.Lewis who became renowned as English novelists. Less