Universität Wien

123251 AR Literature Course - Literature 1/2 (MA) British/Irish/New English (2015W)

Literature and Society in Ireland: An Introduction

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Freitag 16.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 23.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 30.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 06.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 13.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 20.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 27.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 04.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 11.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 18.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 08.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 15.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 22.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Freitag 29.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

This module offers an introduction to the history of Irish literature in English in its social, cultural and political context, involving close literary study of selected texts by some of the most representative Irish writers in English.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

This course will be assessed by the following criteria:
1. Attendance and participation in class
2. A short essay (see essay titles see Moodle page)
3. A two-hour exam on the last day of class. Students will be asked to write 10 short paragraphs (10 lines each) on ten topics out of 25.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

- Introduce students to key themes and patterns in Irish writing in English
- Introduce students to central debates about the nature and politics of Irish writing, gaining an understanding of historical and cultural frameworks
- Encourage students to appreciate the formal and aesthetic qualities of key Irish texts, gaining an understanding of genre, and of the relationship between English and Irish literary history
- Develop students’ skills of critical analysis, argument and formal academic writing
- Encourage students to engage with alternative viewpoints and to negotiate them through constructive critical discussion
- Help students to adapt to independent patterns of study characteristic of third-level education

Prüfungsstoff

Lectures will deal with set texts, identify certain key areas of inquiry, suggest possible directions of critical investigation and signal areas of controversy.

Literatur

- Crotty, Patrick (ed.), Modern Irish Poetry (Belfast: The Blackstaff Press, 1995)
- Edgeworth, Maria, Castle Rackrent (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).
- Harrington, J. P. (ed.), Modern Irish Drama (New York: Norton, 1991).
- Joyce, James, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (London: Penguin, 2004).
- Le Fanu, Sheridan, In a Glass Darkly (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999).
- Mangan, James Clarence, Poems, ed. David Wheatley (The Gallery Press, 2003).
- Yeats, W. B., Selected Poetry, ed. Timothy Webb (London: Penguin, 2000).
All texts will be provided as handouts or are available at Google Books.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: UF 344, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323-325, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0317

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33