ENGL 46001 - Directed Readings

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

ENGL 20503, Northern Irish Writing and Politics M-F 10:20-12:30, 6/19-7/10 Mary Smyth (Cross-listed with IRST 30204). This intensive course will chart the links between politics, history, and culture in the partitioned North of Ireland over the past 80 years or so. Both Ulster unionist and Irish nationalist ideologies will be explored through the writings of the following Irish writers: Frank McGuinness, Brian Friel, Sam Thompson, Seamus Deane, Seamus Heaney, Anne Devlin, Eoin MacNamee, Ciaran Carson, and Thomas Kinsella, among others. We will read drama, fiction, and poetry. There will also be a cinema element built into our survey of this complex conflict.

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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