ENGLISH 217

Postcolonial Memory: Ireland

Description

Explores globally significant issues of cultural memory, identity and postcolonial inheritance through the lens of Irish literature and cultural experience. Debates about memory and postcoloniality guide our navigation of twentieth and twenty-first century Irish novels, plays, poetry and short stories. Conversely, our literary navigations interrogate postcolonial representations of identity across changing cultural contexts.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline.

Digital Course Outlines for 2025 will be refreshed around November/December

Availability 2025

Not taught in 2025

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Reading/Texts

• Sebastian Barry, The Steward of Christendom [play]
• Seamus Deane, Reading in the Dark [novel]
• Roddy Doyle, The Deportees [short stories]
• Claire Keegan, Walk the Blue Fields [short stories]
• Brian Friel, The Home Place [play]
• Patrick McCabe, Winterwood [novel]
• Martin McDonagh, The Cripple of Inishmaan [play]
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, The Fifty Minute Mermaid [poetry; will be available electronically through University Library subject to CLNZ approval]
• Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, The Dancers Dancing [novel; available electronically through the University Library]
• Selected poetry of W.B Yeats (available electronically)

Assessment

Coursework: 60%

Exam: 40%

Points

ENGLISH 217: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 points at Stage I in English

Restrictions

ENGLISH 266, 316, 361