Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

This module introdcues students to the vigorous and diverse tradition of Welsh writing in English that flourished during the twentieth century. It explores the ways in which Welsh writers engage with issues of class, gender, race, and sexuality, and traces the dialogues that unfold between Wales's two linguistic cultures. Particular attention is paid to representations of places and lanscapes - from industrial south Wales to the holy island of Enlli - in an effort to understand the intertwining of geography and history in much Welsh writing in English. Throughout the module, students will be encouraged to examine the ambivalent relationships between literature and national identity. At the same time, a key objective of this module is to give students a clearer and more nuanced understanding of what makes Welsh writing in English distinctive in the wider field of Anglophone literatures. A wide variety of literary forms and genres are considered, including poetry, novels and short stories, and memoir.