ENGL 20526 - Writing Nations: Defining Englishness and Irishness in Victorian Era Literature

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

This course seeks to counter the view of English and Irish literature as unrelated during the Victorian period by exploring how both Irish and English writers of the period engage in the process of defining their respective countries and cultures. Certainly, in the Victorian Era defining Ireland's relationship to England was anything but simple. What becomes apparent by exploring Irish and English attempts to write about their respective nations is not only the divergence in ways Irish and English writers characterized the relationship between the two countries but also how the process of defining Irish and English realities ultimately took different forms. Therefore, this course will not only explore how individual writers go about writing 'nations' but how the forms these writings take also reveal certain intersections and divergences between what characterizes Irishness and Englishness.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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