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123251 AR Literature Course - Literature 1/2 (MA) British/Irish/New English (2015W)
Literature and Society in Ireland: An Introduction
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from We 16.09.2015 00:00 to Mo 21.09.2015 23:59
- Registration is open from We 30.09.2015 00:00 to Su 04.10.2015 23:59
- Deregistration possible until Sa 31.10.2015 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 16.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 23.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 30.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 06.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 13.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 20.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 27.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 04.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 11.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 18.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 08.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 15.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 22.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
- Friday 29.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
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.
Assessment and permitted materials
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.
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.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
- 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
- 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
Examination topics
Lectures will deal with set texts, identify certain key areas of inquiry, suggest possible directions of critical investigation and signal areas of controversy.
Reading list
- 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.
- 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.
Association in the course directory
Studium: UF 344, MA 844;
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323-325, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0317
Code/Modul: UF 4.2.4-323-325, MA4, MA7;
Lehrinhalt: 12-0317
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