Module Information

Module Identifier
IR32500
Module Title
Modern Irish (Language and Literature) 3+4
Academic Year
2018/2019
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1 (Taught over 2 semesters)
Pre-Requisite
Other Staff

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Seminar 40 x 1 Hour Seminars
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Essay: exercises  20%
Semester Assessment Oral Examination:  10%
Semester Exam 2 Hours   70%
Supplementary Assessment language exercises  20%
Supplementary Assessment oral examination  10%
Supplementary Exam 2 Hours   70%

Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of this module:


1. You will be able to hold an extended conversation in Irish with confidence.
2. You will be able to follow more complicated lectures in Irish.
3. You will be able to discuss your reading through the medium of Irish.
4. You will be able to write a sophisticated essay in Irish.
5. You will have read (a) selected short stories by the major twentieth-century authors and (b) a sampling of poetry from the period 1700-2000.
6. You will be able to discuss the social and literary context of your reading selections.

Brief description

Language classes on Irish dialects, phonology, morphology, and on standard Irish. Translation work. Literary studies of the twentieth-century Irish novel, and the development of the autobiography in Irish.


Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6