ENG20630 Reading Irish Literature

Academic Year 2019/2020

This course will focus on the operations of narrative in modern Irish literature and drama from the nineteenth century to the present. Of particular importance will be the role of writers in the construction of powerful narratives of national identity at key moments in Irish history, and the subsequent interrogation of them by later generatios of Irish writers. The preoccupation with the act of storytelling itself within Irish writing will also be explored. Students will be encouraged to engage in detail with the promary texts and to explore a range oftheoretical issues in relation to narrative, postcoloniality, feminism and cultural materialism.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to: 1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of a wide range of the individual texts on the course. 2. Situate the literary writing on this course in its national, historical, social and political contexts. 3. Make comparisons and contrasts between texts from the different Irish writers studied.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Tutorial

12
Specified Learning Activities

36
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module has 1 lecture and 1 tutorial a week. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: 2000 words Unspecified n/a Graded No

40
Examination: 2 hour 2 hour End of Trimester Exam No Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be handled by tutors.

Name Role
Dr Catherine Kilcoyne Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr David McKinney Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Ciarán Leinster Tutor
Dr Laura Loftus Tutor