AJ16057 Introduction to Irish Literature, History and Culture

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
Tue 11:40–13:15 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
Course objectives (in Czech)
The course will consider aspects of Irish history,geography literature and other aspects of culture from a number of perspectives including those of national and regional identity, gender,sexuality,language and ethnicity. We will also look at specific events such as Plantation, the Great Famine, Home Rule, the Easter Rising and the Anglo-Irish and Civil Wars, as well as considering developments in the writing of twentieth century Irish poetry, drama and fiction. The latter will include consideration of the work of Wilde, Yeats, Joyce,Heaney, Friel,MacLaverty and na Dhomnaill, among others.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Week 1 Sept.23rd:Introductory: Week 2 Sept.30th-Irish history: Killeen (4-69).Week 3Oct.7th Histories&identities:Graham (Smyth (19-42); Connolly (43-61));Cairns & Richards(1-21) Week 4 Oct.14th Yeats (poems & Kiberd)Week 5:Oct 21st:Gender, Sexuality & Ireland: Cairns & Richards (42-57);Graham(Nash(108-127))Kiberd (33-50)Week 6: Oct.28th Public holiday -no lesson.Week 7 Nov.4th:Irish Drama - Wilde; Shaw;Synge Week 8: Nov.11th Language:Graham(Johnson(174-191);Kiberd 131-154);Friel:Translations. Week 9 Nov.18th: Ethnicities: Graham (Poole (128-147);Kiberd (418-427):MacLaverty: Cal, Walking the Dog. Week 10 Nov. 25th.Joyce: Dubliners(The Sisters; A Painful Case; Portrait of the Artist (200-213 Peng.ed.);Ulysses(Nausicaa).Week 11 Dec.2nd N.Ireland & poetry (Heaney/Longley) 12 Dec.9th.Contemporary Republic(Ardagh 20-68) & Short Stories(J.McGahern; M.Lavin; W.Trevor;E.O'Brien) 13 Dec 16th. Fiction (M. Kelly;J.O'Connor;S. Berkeley;A. Mathews) & Film.
Literature
  • Graham , Brian (ed.) In Search of Ireland London Routledge 1997 ISBN0-415-15008-6
  • 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
  • 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 2004, Autumn 2006.
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