AJ16075 Representing Ireland: 1945–2018

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2019
Rozsah
0/2/0. 2 kr. (plus 2 za zk). Doporučované ukončení: zk. Jiná možná ukončení: z.
Vyučující
James Joseph Little, M.Phil., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Tomáš Hanzálek
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra anglistiky a amerikanistiky – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
St 10:00–11:40 G32
Předpoklady
AJ09999 Postupová zkouška || AJ01002 Anglický jazyk II
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 35 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/35, pouze zareg.: 0/35, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/35
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 11 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
This course analyses literary representations in the context of major cultural trends, movements and events in Ireland from the Second World War to the present. We will assess the role that these texts play in social critique and their relation to the cultural conditions of the time.
Výstupy z učení
On completion of this course, students will have a good understanding of Irish cultural history of the period as well as a close working knowledge of key works in poetry, prose and drama.
Osnova
  • Course outline
    Week 1 Critiquing Ireland: Mary Lavin, ‘Sarah’ (1942) [please read this short story before our first class]
    Week 2 Leaving Ireland: Tom Murphy, A Whistle in the Dark (1961)
    Week 3 The Troubles (1): Seamus Heaney, North (1975)
    Week 4 Ireland in Europe: John Banville, Kepler (1981)
    Week 5 Ireland in the USA: Paul Muldoon, Meeting the British (1987)
    Week 6 Feminism in Ireland: Paula Meehan, The Man Who Was Marked by Winter (1991)
    Week 7 Revisioning Ireland: Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy (1992)
    Week 8 Queering Ireland: Emma Donoghue, Hood (1995)
    Week 9 The Troubles (2): Deirdre Madden, One by One in the Darkness (1996)
    Week 10 Travelling Ireland: Marina Carr, By the Bog of Cats (1998)
    Week 11 Deconstructing Ireland: Enda Walsh, Ballyturk (2014)
    Week 12 The Troubles (3): Anna Burns, Milkman (2018)
Metody hodnocení
Assessment
Students will be assessed on an end-of-term essay of 2,000 words, written according to MLA style. Active participation in class discussion and the giving of a presentation is required in order to receive a credit for the course. Discussion questions will be sent out prior to class. Aside from week 1, each class will feature a short presentation (10–15 minutes) by members of the class.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Reading List It is strongly recommended that you read the following text before the course starts: Declan Kiberd, Inventing Ireland: The Literature of a Modern Nation (London: Vintage, 1996).

Course reading is available on the Masaryk University Information System (in the Learning Materials section of our course page).

It is crucial that you bring the primary texts (in print or digital form) to class so we can discuss them each week.

Secondary texts
Terence Brown, Ireland: A Social and Cultural History, 1922–2002 (London: HarperCollins, 2004)
Joe Cleary and Claire Connolly, eds, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Nicholas Grene and Chris Morash, eds, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Justin Quinn, The Cambridge Introduction to Modern Irish Poetry, 1800–2000 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008)
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Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován jednorázově.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2018, jaro 2020.