School of Humanities
Discipline
Course Title
Irish Studies
BA Omnibus
Module Coordinators
Module Title
Dr Louis de Paor
Lecture times
Teaching Format
Brief outline of content
Irish Life and Culture IR101
9.00-11.00am, Monday & Wednesday, Semesters 1 & 2
36 x 1 hour lectures
The ILC programme provides an introduction to Irish life and culture through the disciplines of Irish, English, History, and Sociology, with a particular emphasis on twentieth-century Ireland. Students are provided with an overview of Irish history and a survey of changing patterns in
Irish society as well as a critical reading of key literary texts in both
English and Irish. The Irish language material is presented and studied in translation.
This course is only available to students from Hobart and William
Smith College, and from Union College in Semester 1, and to students from Willamette University in Semester 2.
Learning Outcomes On completion of the course, students will have a broad knowledge of the key moments and central figures in twentieth-century Irish
Assessment Types and Deadlines literature, history and society.
Students are required to complete a 1500 word essay in each of the four disciplines. The final mark awarded is an average of the total marks achieved by the student in the four essays presented during the course of the semester.
Required Text Reading lists for each part of the course will be provided by the course tutor.