LIT3031 Special Topics: Irish Literature

This course traces the history of Irish Literature from early mythology, folk and fairy tales to the present, with a particular emphasis on how the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th and early 20th century played a role in the development of a transformative national identity. We will read poetry, plays, fiction, and nonfiction prose that speak to significant Irish themes, in particular the relation between the Irish present and the Irish past, and in the study of contemporary literature we will see how thematic and cultural elements from earlier times are echoed and re-imagined. Authors under study will include William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge, Lady Augusta Gregory, James Joyce, Eavan Boland, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, Seamus Heaney, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright and others. To be eligible to take this course students must have completed three courses at the 2000 level, one of which is a 2000-level literature or humanities course, with grades of C or higher. The course will be taught seminar-style and students are expected to play active roles. Credits: 3.000

LIT 2011 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 2012 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 2015 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C OrLIT 2017 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 2018 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 2019 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 2021 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 2022 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 3031 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 3032 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 3033 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C Or LIT 3034 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00 Min Grade: C