L.ENG 285 - Modern Irish Literature & Culture

Credits: 3

The course undertakes a literary oriented investigation and interrogation of modern Irish culture. Through the reading and discussion of selected 19th and 20th century Irish literary works, students in the course will explore various essential aspects of Irish communal life in order to apprehend the continuity and transformation of Irish culture over the last two centuries. Topics covered will include family structure, religious practice, economic conditions, education, attitudes toward land and language, relationships between the colonized and the colonizers, between classes, and between sectarian groups. Representative authors include Maria Edgeworth, Lady Gregory, W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Brian Friel, Seamus Deane, Connor MacPherson, and Roddy Doyle.
Prerequisite: None
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable