ENG 104 - History of Irish Literature

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Long Island University-C W Post Campus

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Description:

"Nothing in Ireland is ever over." Novelist Elizabeth Bowen's words remind readers that, in order to understand the Irish literary present, it is necessary to understand the Irish literary past. While some works of Irish literature are included in British literature anthologies, this course will focus on the ways in which Irish literature is not a subdivision of English literature. Instead, Irish literature can be read as defining the national character as separate from, and often in opposition to, British political power and artistic influence. The course surveys the literature of Ireland from the early myths and sagas of the eighth century, through the poets and balladeers of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, to the dramatists of the Irish Literary Renaissance of the early twentieth century, and concluding with contemporary works of fiction and poetry. We will read representative works of wellknown authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge, and James Joyce, as well as newer works by twenty-first-century writers. Prerequisites of ENG 1 and ENG 2 are required.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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