Literature written by inhabitants of Northern Ireland
Artworks in Writers' Square, Belfast, celebrate the literary traditions of Northern Ireland
That part of the United Kingdom called Northern Ireland was created in 1922, with the partition of the island of Ireland. The majority of the population of Northern Ireland wanted to remain within the United Kingdom (see unionism and loyalism).[1] Most of these were the Protestant descendants of settlers from Great Britain.
Literature of Northern Ireland includes literature written in Northern Ireland, and in that part of Ireland prior to 1922, as well as literature written by writers born in Northern Ireland who emigrated. It includes literature in English, Irish and Ulster Scots.
The impact of Irish nationalism that led to the partition of the island of Ireland in 1921 means that literature of the Republic of Ireland is not considered to be British – although the identity of literature from Northern Ireland, as part of the literature of the United Kingdom, may fall within the overlapping identities of Irish and British literature where "the naming of the territory has always been, in literary, geographical or historical contexts, a politically charged activity".[2] Writing from Northern Ireland has been described as existing in a "double post-colonial condition"[3] being viewed as not British enough, not Irish enough, and (for writings in Scots) not Scottish enough to be included in consideration within the various national canons.
The identity of literature of Northern Ireland is as contested as the identity of Northern Ireland itself, but Northern Ireland writers have contributed to Irish, British and other literatures as well as reflecting the changing character of Northern Ireland society. As Tom Paulin put it, it should be possible "to found a national literature on this scutching vernacular".[4]
^"Standing up for Northern Ireland". Ulster Unionist Party. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
^Deane, Seamus (1986). A Short History of Irish Literature. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-161361-2.
^Ulster-Scots Writing, ed. Ferguson, Dublin 2008 ISBN 9781846820748
^Paulin, Tom (23 February 2002). "The vernacular city". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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