E Lit 4492 - The Irish Literary Revival

Institution:

Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

The class studies major writings by Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, J. M. Synge, James Joyce, and Flann O'Brien within the contexts of the language movement, colonialism, cultural nationalism, the socialist movement and the 1913 Lockout, the Easter Rising and the War for Independence, the Civil War, the founding of the Irish Free State, the Partition, and the Irish Theocracy. Wilde's notions of the primacy of art with regard to politics and their elaboration by W.I. Thompson and Declan Kiberd are an organizing principle in the course. The class sees two films, offers oral reports, and writes papers.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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