ENGL - 335. Irish Literary Revival

3 credit(s)
An exploration of the controversial movement that sought to affirm a uniquely Irish culture through reviving Irish myth, encouraging the use of the Irish language, and founding an Irish national theater. Beginning with the catastrophic Potato Famine in the mid-1880s, the course will examine Irish writers’ attempts to carve out an independent cultural niche in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Writers to be considered will include W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J.M. Synge, Sean O’Casey, and James Joyce, and issues of the changing roles and representation of Irish women as well as the imaginative construction of an Irish nation will be addressed.

Attribute: ARTS