Literature 2651 - The Irish Big House

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Bard College

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Description:

This course focuses on 20th-century fiction and plays. Liam O'Flaherty, Lennox Robinson, Molly Keane, Brendan Behan, and other English and Irish writers have exploited the ironic situation of the Anglo-Irish gentry living in prestigious manors on large estates and wielding social power amid a majority population with alien codes and beliefs. By concentrating on the symbol of the Big House, the class comes to some understanding of the contrasting ceremonies of life inside and outside the manor. Autobiographical and historical selections document the problems-decadence, alienation, violence-ofthe Big House under siege.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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