School of Humanities Discipline Course Title Irish Studies BA CONNECT with Irish Studies Module Coordinators Module Title Dr Louis de Paor & Dr Nessa Cronin Lecture times Teaching Format Brief outline of content Learning Outcomes Assessment Types and Deadlines Required Text Writing Ireland 1. An introduction to twentieth-century Irish writing IS123 3.00-4.00pm Monday & 12.00-1.00pm Thursday Semester 1 24 x 1 hour lectures This course will provide an overview of Irish writing in Irish and in English from the literary and cultural revivals of late nineteenth-century Ireland to the present. It will introduce the work of some of the most outstanding modern writers in both languages, with a particular emphasis on the ways in which issues such as gender, nationalism, sexuality, politics, religion and social class are represented in literature. 1. To provide a survey of Irish writing in Irish and in English from 1892 to the present. 2. To critically examine the work of the most significant writers in modern and contemporary Ireland. 3. To assess the role of the writer in modern Irish society, and explore connections between the dual language traditions of writing on the island of Ireland. Four writing assignments, the first two (500 words each) to be completed by Week 6, the second two (1000 words each) by Week 12. Patrick Crotty, ed., Modern Irish Poetry: An Anthology (Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 2003 [1996]) Harrington, John, ed., Modern Irish Drama (London: Norton, 1991) Brown, Terence, Ireland: A Social and Cultural History 1922-85 (London: Harper, 2004 2nd ed. [1981]) Core texts will be supplemented with critical readings and a course handbook.