123422 SE Literary & Cultural Studies Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2023S)

Stage Irishness

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

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 Mo 13.02.2023 00:00 to Tu 21.02.2023 12:00
Registration is open from We 01.03.2023 12:00 to Mo 13.03.2023 12:00
Deregistration possible until Fr 31.03.2023 23:59

Details

max. 18 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Dieter Fuchs

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Thursday 09.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 16.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 23.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 30.03. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 20.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 27.04. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 04.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 11.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 25.05. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 01.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 15.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 22.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
Thursday 29.06. 14:15 - 15:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

As a cultural phenomenon, 'Stage Irishness' may be considered a stereotyped misrepresentation of Irish people in drama, film, and other fields of cultural production. The proverbial 'Stage Irishman' is featured as an inarticulate, hard-drinking, braggart who turns out to be a coward upon closer introspection - a hetero-stereotype constructed by English colonial power politics to contain the freedom struggle of the Irish people.

Although modern Ireland has become a free country, it is still deeply imbued with Stage Irish othering strategies. Hence, Stage Irishness may be considered a contested field which both challenges and reproduces cultural misrepresentations of Irish identity in terms of gender, religion, politics, and art.

To analyze these and related topics, we will look at Stage Irish (mis)representations in literature (Shakespeare, Boucicault, Synge, O'Casey, O'Brien, McDonagh, David Ireland) and on screen (The Quiet Man, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Finian's Rainbow, Father Ted).

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular Attendance, Classroom Discussion 20%, Oral Presentation 30, Term Paper 50%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Participants have to fulfil all course requirements (each with at least 50%) and to score at least 60 points altogether to pass this course.20 Points (Maximum) Classroom Discussion, 30 Points (Maximum) Oral Presentation, 50 Points (Maximum) Term Paper.

Grading scale:
1: 100-91p
2: 90-81p
3: 80-71p
4: 70-60p
5: 59-0p

Examination topics

The texts and topics dealt with in class.

Reading list

Primary Sources:
Synge, The Playboy of the Western World
O'Casey, Juno and The Paycock
O'Brien, "The Martyr's Crown"
McDonagh, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
David Ireland, Cyprus Avenue

Secondary Sources:
Paul Fagan, Tamara Radak, Dieter Fuchs (eds.). Stage Irish - PERFORMANCE, IDENTITY, CULTURAL CIRCULATION: Irish Studies in Europe. Irish Studies in Europe, Trier: WVT, 2021.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612, MA 844(2)
Code/Modul: BA09.2, 10.2, MA 4.1, 4.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-0373

Last modified: Fr 10.03.2023 19:48