Module Identifier EN33620  
Module Title MODERN IRISH WRITING IN ENGLISH  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Professor Andrew Hadfield  
Semester Intended for use in future years  
Next year offered N/A  
Next semester offered N/A  
Course delivery Seminar   20 Hours 10 x 2 hrs seminar/workshops  
Assessment Continuous assessment   2 essays (2,500 words each)   100%  
  Resit assessment   Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements.    

Brief description


This course will examine some major Irish writers from the turn of the century up to the present day. Authors included will be Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Seamus Heaney, Shaw, O'Casey and others. Works will be examined in terms of contemporary Irish history, within an Anglo-Irish literature tradition and from both Irish and English perspectives.