Latest Module Specifications
Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026
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Description The purpose of this module is to explore the link between Irish literature and history though a consideration of central texts in Irish writing written from the Revival period of the later 19th and early 20th century up to the 21st century. The course will trace modern Ireland’s developing relationship to its past as a creative dynamic and will look at the changing social and cultural conditions of the rural and urban in Ireland. The course examines how writers have responded to historical developments in Ireland: its independence and Revivalist movement, the post-independent counter-revival moment, economic developments, the crisis in the North of Ireland and the anxieties of globalisation in more recent times. The demands of nation, of being loyal to the local while being true to the demands of the self are central themes. The position of women, of class differences, and religion will also be considered, as will the notion of immigration and emigration, of how Ireland and Irishness sees itself at home and away. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Recognize key features of Irish writing from the later nineteenth century to the contemporary moment. 2. Trace central preoccupations of Irish writing such as national identity; religion; gender; class, language 3. Appreciate the complex creative relations at play between Irish writers from various periods. 4. Engage with Irish writing in relation to significant cultural and political developments in local and global contexts. 5. Show understanding of the changes and developments in Ireland as reflected in the literature of the period. 6. Consider central developments of in Irish writing reflected in form, content and genre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
James Joyce Patrick Kavanagh Mary Lavin Eilis Ni Dhuibhne Anne Enright Colum McCann George Moore Roddy Doyle W.B. Yeats Claire Keegan Paula Meehan Edna O’Brien John McGahern Flann O’Brien John Banville Elizabeth Bowen Seamus Heaney Ciaran Carson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List Books:
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Other Resources None | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||