PhD student in Comparative Literature
School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies
Dublin City University
- Comparative Literature, English & French
- 17th century French Literature, les contes de fées (fairy tales)
- 20th and 21st century fairy-tale re-writings (French and English)
- L'Ecriture féminine (Women’s writing)
- Translation of Children’s Literature
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Approaches: Comparative, Socio-Literary, Reception Theory, Intertextuality
- Authors: 17th century; Mme d’Aulnoy, Mme Leprince de Beaumont, Charles Perrault, Mme de Villeneuve
- 20th and 21st century; Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Emma Donoghue, Tanith Lee, Robin McKinley, Marina Warner
Comparative Literature Association of Ireland Postgraduate Symposium, University of Limerick, 26-27 November 2010. Title of Paper; Weaving Words; The Subjective Role of Gender in the work of Robin McKinley.
Écrivaines Irlandaises / Irish Women Writers conference, organised by the Groupe de Recherche en Études Irlandaises (ERIBIA-GREI), Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France, 5-6 November 2010. Title of paper ; Marginal Identities ; Representations of Sexuality in the work of Emma Donoghue.
Self, Selves and Sexuality; The First Irish International Conference in Sexuality Studies, Dublin City University, 19-20 March 2010. Title of paper; Monstrous Sexualities, Peau d’âne – The Forgotten Tale?
The Third International Congress of the European Network for Comparative Literary Studies-Transformations of the European Landscape: Encounters between the Self and the Other, Vilnius Pedagogical University, Lithuania, 11-13 September 2009. Title of paper; Changing Attitudes towards Gender in Europe – A Comparative Analysis of Fairy Tales Written by Women. (www.eurolit.net)
The International Congress of Comparative Literature and the Teaching of Literature and Language-A Comparative Analysis of folk tales; A Multicultural Perspective, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, 29 April – 1 May 2009. Title of paper; The Role of Metamorphosis and Gender in Fairy Tales – Social Commentary in the works of Mme d’Aulnoy, Angela Carter and Marie Darrieussecq. (www://caft.info)
Journée des Doctorants de l’ADEFFI , ADEFFI Postgraduate Symposium, 25 April 2009. Title of paper; The Fairy Tale Link between Mme d’Aulnoy and Marie Darrieussecq. (www.adeffi.ie)
Publications
McGrath, Dearbhla (2009) The Role of Metamorphosis and Gender in Fairy Tales – Social Commentary in the works of Mme d’Aulnoy, Angela Carter and Marie Darrieussecq The International Congress of Comparative Literature and the Teaching of Literature and Language-A Comparative Analysis of folk tales; A Multicultural Perspective Conference Proceedings
Forthcoming Publications
McGrath, Dearbhla (2009) Changing Attitudes towards Gender in Europe – A Comparative Analysis of Fairy Tales Written by Women, Acta litteraria comparativa Transformations of the European Landscape: Encounters between the Self and the Other. Vilnius: Vilnius Pedagogical University Press, 2010. ISSN 1822-5608
Submitted for Publication
McGrath, Dearbhla (2010) Monstrous Sexualities; Peau d’âne, The Forgotten Tale Self, Selves and Sexuality Conference, SALIS and School of Nursing, DCU
