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1.50 Credits
Taught in Dublin, Ireland - UCD Program
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1.50 Credits
Taught in Dublin, Ireland - UCD Program
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2.00 Credits
Beyond the standard definitions of the "American character" as individualistic, self-reliant, optimistic, and success-oriented, there is also an undercurrent of alienation, escapism, and madness that has become a major theme in American literature. The proseminar starts out from general cultural, social, and psychological explications of this phenomenon (Erich Fromm, Norman O'Brown, R. D. Laing, Herbert Marcuse, Elaine Showalter) and then investigates specific aspects on the basis of selected literary texts and films.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines works by an interrelated trio of writers, D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), Federico GarcÃa Lorca (1898-1936), and Langston Hughes (1902-67), all profoundly influenced by the populist poetry of Walt Whitman. These three writers draw deeply from archaic and folk traditions to offer working-class solutions to the inhumane aspects of modern capitalism. Lawrence probes modern psychology and primitive cultures, looking for a social order that would recognize both the erotic and the spiritual yearnings repressed in the modern world. Lorca turns to the folk Catholicism, the gypsies, and the Moorish remnants of Spain in search of what he calls "deep song," finding it not only in Spain but also in Harlem of the 1930s. Hughes probes African American folk culture, blues, and jazz, attempting to, as Whitman proposed, "sing America" for his own people. In many ways, Lorca, whom he translated, was his example for bringing the voices of the people into the realm of high art. The class will fly to and from Seville and also visit Granada (via fast train). Andalucia is the region of Spain that Lorca writes about, and it abounds in cultural riches. In Seville, we will visit the great cathedral and the Alcazar palace. In the evening, we will hear and see authentic flamenco performed by a gypsy family. In Granada, we will visit Lorca's family home, which is now a museum. To understand more deeply the Moorish heritage of Spain, we will tour the Alhambra, the most complete and beautiful medieval Islamic palace still extant, and we will explore the accompanying urban enclave from that period, the Albayzin, also a World Heritage Site.
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8.00 Credits
This course explores two of the most famous writers of America's "Lost Generation." Beginning with Ernest Hemingway's earliest short stories and working chronologically through each respective author, American modernism can be seen at its best.
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4.00 Credits
Taught as LIT 435 A study of modern Japanese fiction from Meiji to early Showa, including works by Tayama Katai, Higuchi Ichiyo, Izumi Kyoka, Soseki, Ogai, Kafu, Shiga, Miyazawa Kenji, Tanizaki, Kawabata, etc.
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4.00 Credits
A study of modern Japanese fiction from the Pacific War to the present, including works by Mishima, Dazai, Ooka Shohei, Hayashi Fumiko, Koda Aya, Ibuse Masuji, Oe Kenzaburo, Murakami Haruki, etc. Every other year (Spring 2008).
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3.00 Credits
ENG 30530 Post-Colonial Literature at UCD; Postcolonial literature has been one of the most significant and vibrant areas of literary production through the 20th century and into the contemporary period. In this course, we will explore such literatures in English from formerly colonised countries. Reading these texts, we will concentrate on certain key issues in relation to postcolonial culture, identity and language. How do literary textswrite the experiences of colonisation, anti-colonial struggle and the `postcolonial condition'? How do postcolonial writings engage with, utilise, or challenge the literary `canon' of the former colonial centre and re-inscribe or subvert colonial tropes such as 'paradise' and 'blank darkness'? How are the unequal relations between the `first' and `third world' and the continuing exploitation of sub-altern communities and environments represented in postcolonial literature? Can literature have a political agency? How do concepts of the anti-colonial ethnic nation and the reality of cultural hybridization under colonisation impact on the specifically linguistic and literary aspects of language, form and genre, as well as on collective cultural identity itself? How are the complex interrelations between gender, sexuality, race, class, ethnicity and power inscribed in the postcolonial text? These are some of the vital and fascinating lines of enquiry that we will engage in our readings of these crucially important writings.
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5.00 Credits
EN 3405 Postcolonial Women's Writing at TCD; This seminar explores texts written by women from Africa, the Caribbean, North America, New Zealand and Asia. Each text is discussed in relation to its specific cultural and historical context. Questions such as 'Is there a shared concern among postcolonial women writers?' and "how do postcolonial women writers relate to Western feministand to other political discourses?' are also explored. Other areas of study include different forms of writing the self and the impact of oral traditions on the construction of women's identities
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth treatment of a current area of special concern within the field of English Literature. Topics may vary. May be taken more than once for credit with different topics. Prerequisite: One previous course in English literature or permission of the instructor.
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