Module Specifications..
Current Academic Year 2023 - 2024
Please note that this information is subject to change.
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Coursework Only Students may resit the research proposal and dissertation assessments. They cannot resit seminar attendance and participation or the class research presentation. |
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Description The Irish Revival and Revolution, 1884-1922 explores the connection between the cultural, economic, political and military revival of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the Irish revolution of c. 1912-22. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Identify and locate primary historical source material, and access and engage with it in archival and research repository settings. 2. Engage critically with secondary and primary source matter. 3. Comprehend and analyse the context and historiography of the Irish revival and revolution, and evaluate contested interpretations. 4. Deploy appropriate research methods and methodologies, and develop and present reasoned and evidentially supported historical argument, both orally and in writing. 5. Identify, pursue and complete an original piece of historical research. 6. Engage in self-directed learning by specialising in areas of personal interest. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Indicative ContentThis module explores the connection between the cultural, economic, political and military revival of Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and the Irish revolution of c. 1912-22. It examines the various organisations and movements that generated this revival and assesses their individual and collective contributions to the Irish revolution. Through a combination of class discussion and the completion of oral and written assignments, students will learn how to identify, locate, interrogate and utilise primary source documents relevant to this period in modern Irish history. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other Resources 59688, Online Resources, 0, Relevant articles, book chapters, and primary source documents as well as a comprehensive reading list will be made available on the module’s Loop site., | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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