Module Identifier | MW10120 | ||
Module Title | CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN MODERN WALES | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Paul O'Leary | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Mutually Exclusive | CF10120 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 20 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours | ||
Assessment | Essay | 2 essays (1,500-2,000 words each). | 50% |
Exam | 2 Hours 2 hour examination | 50% |
The course aims to examine the historical context and political background of Wales today, and will explore the relations between work, gender and society in literature, theatre and film. The module is interdisciplinary and will include lectures and seminars on twentieth-century history and politics as well as introducing drama, film, fiction and poetry in Wales. The course thus provides an introduction to Welsh society and culture, and various aspects of Welsh identity as they are explored and expressed by both creative writers and politicians, journalists and academics.
This is a self-standing module and is available to all students whatever their degree scheme.
Prescribed texts:
Davies, J, Hanes Cymru or History of Wales (Penguin 1991)
Humphreys, Emyr, Outside the House of Baal [1965] (Seren, 1993)*
Jones, Lewis, Cwmardy [1937] (Lawrence and Wishart, 1978)
Lewis, Saunders, Siwan [1954]; trans. In Presenting Saunders Lewis (University of Wales Press, 1983)*
Morgan, K O, Rebirth of a Nation 1880-1980, (Oxford University Press/University of Wales Press 1991)
Prichard, Caradog, Un Nos Ola' Leuad [1961]; trans. One Moonlit Night (Canongate Books, 1995)*
Prichard, Caradog, Un Nos Ola' Leuad (Penguin, 1999) (Welsh/English version)*
Roberts, Kate, Traed mewn Cyffion [1936]; trans. Feet in Chains (John Jones, 1977)*
Thomas, Edward, House of America [1988] in Three Plays (Seren, 1994)*