Representations of Jews in Irish Literature

除了乔伊斯的《尤利西斯》中利奥波德·布鲁姆的角色外，犹太人在爱尔兰文学中的代表性是一个值得注意的研究不足的话题。早期以来，犹太人在爱尔兰文学中的重要存在值得调查，因为最初的研究表明，犹太人在爱尔兰文学中的存在，无论是作为作家还是作为犹太人和非犹太人写作中的角色，都比迄今为止所认识到的更为广泛和潜在的重要。这项研究将证明，在爱尔兰文学中，犹太人的形象如何告诉我们更多关于爱尔兰人的信息，而不是犹太人的身份，事实上，在这些被忽视的形象中，隐藏着整个爱尔兰人的心理历史，甚至是精神病理学。该项目旨在调查爱尔兰文学的所有时代的主题，用爱尔兰语和英语，并将研究结果置于其他文学中犹太人的话语中，包括英语、美国、德国和东欧。研究的结果将是对该主题的深入研究，一本选集，一个网络数据库，以及在贝尔法斯特和都柏林的一次展览，导致一次学术会议，并发表论文集，所有这些都将永久地确立“犹太人”在爱尔兰文学中的重要性和意义。对爱尔兰文学中爱尔兰人对犹太人的态度的考察，对北爱尔兰、共和国和其他地区所有研究种族、民族和宗教差异态度的机构都有潜在的兴趣。这包括政党、移民和非国家机构以及从事促进平等的法定机构。

The representation of Jews in Irish literature is a notably under-researched topic, apart from the character of Leopold Bloom in Joyce's "Ulysses". The significant presence of Jews in Irish literature since the earliest times deserves to be investigated because initial research undertaken shows the presence of Jews in Irish literature, whether as writers or as characters in writing by Jews and non-Jews, to be more widespread and potentially far more significant than has been realised to date.This research will demonstrate how the representation of the Jew in Irish literature actually tells us much more about Irish than Jewish identity, how in fact a whole psychohistory, perhaps even psychopathology, of Irishness is hidden in these neglected representations. The project aims to investigate the topic in all eras of Irish literature, in both Irish and English, and to situate the findings within the discourse of Jews in other literatures, including English, American, German and East European. The outcome of the research will be an in-depth study of the topic, an anthology, a web database, and an exhibition in Belfast and Dublin, leading to an academic conference with published proceedings, all of which will establish permanently the significance and meaning of "the Jew" in Irish literature.This examination of Irish attitudes to Jews as found in Irish literature is of potential interest to all bodies that are engaged with attitudes to racial, national and religious difference, in both Northern Ireland, the Republic and beyond. This includes political parties, immigrant and non-national bodies, and statutory bodies engaged with promoting equality.