ENGL 40539 - The Blasket Islands and their Literature

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

"The island of the Great Blasket lies three miles off the Kerry coast of Ireland, at the westernmost tip of Europe. Virtually unknown before this century, it was to produce a rich and extraordinary flowering of literature that has made it famous throughout the world." Oxford University Press This course will examine the phenomenon that is Blasket Island literature. Before its eventual desertion in 1953, the previous thirty years had seen the production of literary works by inhabitants of the Blaskets such as An tOileánach/ The Islandman by Tomás Ó Criomhthainn; Fiche Bliain ag Fás/ Twenty Years A Growing by Muiris Ó Súilleabháin; Machnamh Seanmhná/ An Old Woman's Reflections by Peig Sayers. This course will trace this remarkable flowering both to the immensely rich oral traditions of the island and the dynamic interplay of such literary and scholarly visitors as George Thompson and Robin Flower with the island authors. All texts will be read in translation.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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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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