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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Anglo-Irish Lit.1: The Novel and Short Story
Module Code	EN332
School	SALIS
Online Module Resources
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This course offers an introduction to Anglo-Irish literature starting with mythology and moving swiftly to 20th Century examples of short stories and novels. The carefully selected works provide foreign students, unfamiliar with Irish culture and history, with insights into key issues and events that have shaped contemporary Irish society.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate a knowledge of the key literary genres and developments in twentieth century Ireland and also an understanding of the background to these events
2. Relate in an informed and sensitive manner to the social, political and cultural contexts of the works studied
3. Construct a vision of life in Ireland and of the Irish people in the twentieth century through their reading of novels, short stories
4. Evaluate critically the effectiveness of the narrative techniques employed in the novels and short stories discussed

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	12	formal presentation
Seminars	12	group work and discussions
Independent learning	50	background reading on literary criticism
Assignment	12	preparation of critical essay with bibliography
Directed learning	39	focused background reading on literary movements and leading authors
Total Workload: 125

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

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

The following material will be read and discussed in class.
WEEK 1 INTRODUCTIONWEEK 2/3 FOLK STORIES AND MYTHOLOGYThe oral tradition: examples from the great epic cycles: The Children of Lir, How Cuchulainn got his name, The pursuit of Diarmuid and GrainneTEXT: Over Nine Waves ed. Marie Heaney or any other sources.WEEKS 4/5 SHORT STORIESShort story writers in the 20th Century: Frank O’Connor, James Joyce, Sean O’ Faolain etc. The stories to be discussed include Frank O’Connor’s The Guests of the Nation, Michael Mc Laverty’s The Poteen Maker and J. Joyce’s The Dead.TEXT: Classic Irish Short Stories ed. F. O’Connor OUP.WEEK 7Claire Keegan’s second (2007) short story collection Walk the Blue Fields from Faber and Faber: We will discuss the following stories: The Parting gift, Dark Horses and Close to the Water’s Edge.WEEK 8 NOVELSJennifer Johnston’s short (1974) ‘Big House’ novel How many miles to Babylon is set in 1914 and examines the friendship between an officer and soldier who grew up on the same Anglo-Irish estate.WEEK 9/10 Hugo Hamilton’s The Speckled People (2003)s an account of a German/Irish childhood in 1960s Dublin.WEEK 11/12John McGahern’s Amongst Women (1990) is a novel about ‘emotional restriction, narrow piety and paternalism in mid- 20th century Ireland’ and tracks the life of a Midland’s farmer, his second wife and children..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Essay	Individual essay of 1,500-2,000 words	100%	Week 12

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Cullingford, Elizabeth Butler: 2001, Ireland's others: ethnicity and gender in Irish literature and popular culture, Cork, Cork UP,
Ellman, Richard: 1987, Four Dubliners : Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett, London, Hamilton,,
Jeffers, Jennifer: 2002, The Irish novel at the end of the twentieth century, Palgrave, New York,
Jeffares, A. Norman: 1982, Anglo-Irish literature, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin,
Martin, Augustine: 1996, Bearing witness: essays on Anglo-Irish literature, University College Dublin Press, Dublin,

Other Resources

None

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