From Unwanted Rebellion to National Founding Myth. How the Easter Rising of 1916 became a Myth

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, University of Heidelberg (Neuphilologisches Institut), course: Proseminar, language: English, abstract: When reading articles about the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin, one encounters the word ‘myth’ sooner or later. Repeatedly, it is mentioned how m...