Module Identifier IR32410  
Module Title EARLY MODERN IRISH (LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE) 3+4  
Academic Year 2007/2008  
Co-ordinator Dr William J Mahon  
Semester Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)  
Pre-Requisite IR22010  
Course delivery Lecture   22 Hours.  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours  75%
Semester Assessment Essay: essay/exercises  25%

Learning outcomes

On successfully completing this module:

1. You will have read selections from an important and representative prose text of the
period (usually Seathrun Ceitinn's Foras Feasa ar Eirinn).
2. You will have read a representative selection of syllabic poetry.
3. You will be able to discuss the social, political, and literary contexts of the chosen texts, as well as the author'r narrative technique.
4. You will be able to point out the grammatical features of an Early Modern Irish text that distinguish it from texts belonging to other periods.
5. You will be able to distinguish strict bardic verse from looser forms of syllabic poetry and from the popular accentual verse forms.
6. You will be able to discuss the social role of the bardic poet.

Brief description

A continuation of Middle and Early Modern Irish I and II.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6