AJ16057 Introduction to Irish Literature, History and Culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Stephen Paul Hardy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Timetable
Fri 16:40–18:15 31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ09999 Qualifying Examination && AJ06002 Intro. to British Studies II
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives (in Czech)
After a brief consideration of fundamental aspects of history,geography language and identity, the course will focus firstly on elements of the writing of classic early twentieth century writers and then move to the work of more contemporary figures. In both cases the emphasis will be as much on the way in which such writing expresses, dramatises and negotiates cultural issues raised in the early seminars as on the writers' art.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 Oct 1st:Introductory: Week 2 Oct 8th-Histories: Killeen (4-69; Cairns & Richards Chs.1&3; Foster Chs 8 & 14.) Week 3 Oct.15th 1916-22/Languages&identities (Graham (ed.) Chs 2,3,6,9; Foster Chs 18,19,20) Week 4 Oct.22nd: Contemporary Ireland -South & North(Ardagh Chs.2 (7,8),10) Week 5 Oct 29th: No lesson due to national holiday on previous day Week 6 Nov 5th:W.B.Yeats (poems & Kiberd 11, 17,18) Week 7: Nov 12th:National Theatre & Drama (G.B.Shaw/ O.Wilde / J.M.Synge/S. O'Casey (Kiberd Chs.2,3,10,12) Week 8: Nov 19th James Joyce ( Dubliners: The Sisters; A Painful Case; The Dead) Week 9: Nov.26th: SamuelBeckett (Waiting for Godot; Malone Dies; Kiberd Ch.26)/ Brian Friel(Translations; Kiberd Ch.33) Week 10:Dec 3rd: Contemporary Fiction 1 (W.Trevor;M. Lavin; J.McGahern;E.O'Brien/ J. Banville/ M. Keane) Week 11: Dec 10th: Contemporary Poetry (S.Heaney; M.Longley; N.ni Dhomnaill; Kiberd Ch.32) Week 12: Dec 17th: Contemporary Fiction 2(R. Doyle/C. Toibin/J. O'Connor/B.MacLaverty/ S. Berkeley/P. McCabe)
Literature
  • Foster, R. F. Modern Ireland 1600-1972 London Penguin 1989
  • Cairns, D. Richards S. Writing Ireland: Colonialism, Nationalism and Culture Manchester Manchester University Press 1988
  • Bolger, Dermot Contemporary Irish Fiction London Picador 2000 ISBN 0-330-37216-5
  • Graham , Brian (ed.) In Search of Ireland London Routledge 1997 ISBN0-415-15008-6
  • KIBERD, Declan. Inventing Ireland : the literature of the modern nation. London: Vintage, 1996, xvi, 719 s. ISBN 0-09-958221-X. info
  • KEE, Robert. Ireland :a history. Compl. rev. and updated ed. London: Abacus, 1995, 302 s., [1. ISBN 0-349-10678-9. info
  • ARDAGH, John. Ireland and the Irish :portrait of a changing society. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1995, xiii, 479. ISBN 0-14-017160-6. info
  • JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Edited by Declan Kiberd. Annotated student's ed. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1992, lxxxviii,. ISBN 0-14-018559-3. info
  • HEANEY, Seamus. New selected poems, 1966-1987. London: Faber and Faber, 1990, x, 245. ISBN 0571143725. info
  • MAC LAVERTY, Bernard. Cal. London: Penguin Books, 1984, 153 s. ISBN 0-14-010810-6. info
  • YEATS, W. B. The poems. Edited by Richard J. Finneran. A new ed. London: The MacMillan, 1984, xxv, 747 s. ISBN 0-333-35361-7. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Essay (60%),class contribution and attendance (40%)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2006.
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