| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2hrs |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | ESSAY1: 2500 WORDS | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | ESSAY 2 : 2500 WORDS | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit any failed elements and/or make good any missing elements. Where this involves re-submission of work, a new topic must be selected. |
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Describe and appraise the main themes and problems of modern Irish literature
2. Interrelate the set texts in terms of tradition, influence and divergence
3. Discuss different links between history, cultural identity and literary texts
4. Comment critically on the material chosen for study
5. Write about the subject in a well-structured and argued manner
6. Engage in coherent oral discussion of the texts and background material
Before the Celtic Revival of the early twentieth century re-launched the creative impetus of Irish literature, the political force and ancient tradition of that literature were almost crushed by British imperial domination. This module explores the politics and poetics of the Revival, the cultural ambiguity of Irish Modernism, and the impact of the traumatic political history of modern Ireland on contemporary writing.
This module is at CQFW Level 6